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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 20175 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2017, 7:06 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2017, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2017, 7:26 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 16, 2:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 54 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 570 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.6
Supercell composite: 20.1

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The text

As transmitted.

334 
WUUS53 KDDC 170006
SVRDDC
KSC055-057-069-083-101-170045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0091.170517T0006Z-170517T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
706 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northeastern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Western Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Lane County in west central Kansas...
  Northeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 745 PM CDT

* At 706 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
  Kalvesta, or 10 miles north of Cimarron, moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Kalvesta and Finney State Lake. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3827 10025 3826 10024 3826 10020 3822 10000
      3786 10022 3790 10044 3831 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 189DEG 15KT 3796 10032 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TURNER

1 follow-up statement

987 
WWUS53 KDDC 170026
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

KSC055-057-069-083-101-170035-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-170517T0045Z/
Ford KS-Finney KS-Hodgeman KS-Lane KS-Gray KS-
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD...
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...WESTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN LANE AND
NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3827 10025 3826 10024 3826 10020 3822 10000
      3786 10022 3790 10044 3831 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 189DEG 15KT 3804 10030 

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee	44 min
May 16, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	35 min
May 16, 7:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	3 hr
May 16, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	34 min
May 16, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	48 min
May 16, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Rush	28 min
May 16, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	35 min
May 16, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	27 min
May 16, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	25 min
May 16, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Rush	46 min
May 16, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	30 min
May 16, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	54 min
May 16, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	37 min
May 16, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	29 min
May 16, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	23 min
May 16, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 1 more	40 min
May 16, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford	40 min
May 16, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	23 min
May 16, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	45 min
May 16, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	29 min
May 16, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	25 min
May 16, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	52 min
May 17, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.