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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 17, 2017Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2017, 12:17 AM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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 17, 2017, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2017, 12:39 AM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 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, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

864 
WUUS53 KDDC 170517
SVRDDC
KSC151-185-170615-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0098.170517T0517Z-170517T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1217 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
  Northeastern Pratt County in south central Kansas...

* Until 115 AM CDT

* At 1215 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Iuka, 
  or 6 miles north of Pratt, moving northeast at 45 mph. This 
  replaces the previous warning for Pratt County.

  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...
  Stafford, Iuka, Preston, Hudson, Natrona, Neola, Zenith, Little
  Salt Marsh at Quivira Refuge and Big Salt Marsh at Quivira Refuge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3768 9862 3777 9883 3826 9859 3826 9847
      3783 9847 3782 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 216DEG 41KT 3774 9871 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

1 follow-up statement

566 
WWUS53 KDDC 170539
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1239 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2017

KSC151-185-170549-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-170517T0615Z/
Stafford KS-Pratt KS-
1239 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STAFFORD AND
NORTHEASTERN PRATT 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 heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
south central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3768 9862 3777 9883 3826 9859 3826 9847
      3783 9847 3782 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 216DEG 41KT 3796 9850 

$$

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, 7:06 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, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	25 min
May 16, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	52 min

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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.