Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2017, 12:53 AM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2017, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2017, 1:16 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 1:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 N Dodge City, KS | . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 13 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 240553
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-097-240645-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0008.170324T0553Z-170324T0645Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1253 AM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
West central Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
South central Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 145 AM CDT
* At 1253 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles southeast
of Fort Dodge, or 8 miles southeast of Dodge City, moving northeast
at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Jetmore, Spearville, Bucklin, Mullinville, Ford, Fort
Dodge, Wright, Kingsdown, Windhorst, Willroads Garden, Rolling Hill
Estates, Dodge City Regional Airport, Boot Hill Casino, Ford State
Lake, Jetmore City Lake and Hain State Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3749 9984 3775 10017 3814 9991 3748 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 209DEG 36KT 3770 9990
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RBURG2 follow-up statements
964
WWUS53 KDDC 240604
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
104 AM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017
KSC057-083-097-240645-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170324T0645Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Hodgeman KS-
104 AM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL FORD...WEST CENTRAL KIOWA AND SOUTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN
COUNTIES...
At 101 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles southeast of
Wright, or 10 miles east of Dodge City, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. at 12:49 am a wind gust of 67 mph was
reported at the Dodge City Airport
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Jetmore, Spearville, Bucklin, Mullinville, Ford, Fort
Dodge, Wright, Windhorst, Willroads Garden, Rolling Hill Estates,
Dodge City Regional Airport, Boot Hill Casino, Ford State Lake,
Jetmore City Lake and Hain State Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3753 9981 3781 10013 3814 9991 3748 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 270DEG 36KT 3776 9983
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG515
WWUS53 KDDC 240616
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
116 AM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017
KSC057-083-097-240626-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170324T0645Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Hodgeman KS-
116 AM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FORD...WEST CENTRAL
KIOWA AND SOUTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible through 2 am.
LAT...LON 3753 9981 3781 10013 3814 9991 3748 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 209DEG 36KT 3789 9974
$$
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 67 min |
| Mar 23, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 66 min |
| Mar 23, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 54 min |
| Mar 23, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Meade, Scott and 1 more | 64 min |
| Mar 23, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 32 min |
| Mar 24, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 37 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.