Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2017, 11:31 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2017, 11:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 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.
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, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 16, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
618
WUUS53 KDDC 170431
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-170515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0096.170517T0431Z-170517T0515Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1131 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Barber County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Comanche County in south central Kansas...
* Until 1215 AM CDT
* At 1130 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles northwest
of Aetna, or 20 miles southeast of Coldwater, moving northeast at
35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Medicine Lodge, Lake City, Sun City, Deerhead and Aetna.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9921 3744 9890 3734 9836 3700 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 216DEG 32KT 3711 9902
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JJOHNSON2 follow-up statements
158
WWUS53 KDDC 170446
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1146 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
KSC007-033-170515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-170517T0515Z/
Barber KS-Comanche KS-
1146 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BARBER AND EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES...
At 1146 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles northeast
of Deerhead, or 15 miles west of Medicine Lodge, moving northeast at
50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Medicine Lodge, Lake City, Sun City and Deerhead.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 9904 3743 9890 3733 9837 3717 9866
3711 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 216DEG 42KT 3728 9886
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JJOHNSON543
WWUS53 KDDC 170456
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1156 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
KSC007-033-170505-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-170517T0515Z/
Barber KS-Comanche KS-
1156 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BARBER AND EASTERN
COMANCHE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
south central Kansas. A severe thunderstorm watch also remains in
effect until 500 AM CDT for south central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3722 9904 3743 9890 3733 9837 3717 9866
3711 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 216DEG 32KT 3735 9879
$$
JJOHNSONThe 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, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane | 20 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, 11:53 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.