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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 24, 2017Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kiowa County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 24, 1:00 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 601 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2017-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2017-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

212 
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
 
$$

RBURG
2 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
 
$$

RBURG
515 
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 

$$

RBURG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens67 min
Mar 23, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant47 min
Mar 23, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego66 min
Mar 23, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens54 min
Mar 23, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Meade, Scott and 1 more64 min
Mar 23, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell32 min
Mar 24, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche60 min
Mar 24, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush37 min

Nearby

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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.