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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2017Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2017, 3:56 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 8 reports 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: May 18, 2017, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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
May 18, 3:57 PM CDT	HAIL 1	7 Sse Radium, KS
May 18, 4:03 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ese Seward, KS	SEVERAL REPORTS FROM STORM CHASERS OF A BRIEF TORNADO NEAR SEWARD.
May 18, 4:07 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Seward, KS
May 18, 4:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Se Radium, KS	VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
May 18, 4:09 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Sse Radium, KS	NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
May 18, 4:33 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 Nnw Seward, KS	TORNADO LIFTING UP AND DOWN.
May 18, 4:33 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 Nne Seward, KS
May 18, 4:33 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	8 S Great Bend, KS	TORNADO LIFTING UP AND DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 18, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

406 
WUUS53 KDDC 182056
SVRDDC
KSC145-185-182145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0099.170518T2056Z-170518T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
356 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Northwestern Stafford County in south central Kansas...

* Until 445 PM CDT

* At 356 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest
  of Saint John, moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Saint John, Seward and Radium. 

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 1100 PM CDT for south central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3802 9869 3800 9889 3831 9916 3834 9903
      3826 9903 3826 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 171DEG 28KT 3807 9883 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID

1 follow-up statement

940 
WWUS53 KDDC 182114
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
414 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

KSC145-185-182145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-170518T2145Z/
Pawnee KS-Stafford KS-
414 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PAWNEE AND NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES...

At 414 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles northeast of
Radium, or 10 miles south of Great Bend, moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage 
         to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. 

Locations impacted include...
Seward and Radium. 

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 1100 PM CDT for south central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3813 9868 3814 9889 3826 9901 3826 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 171DEG 28KT 3821 9886 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	66 min
May 18, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush	53 min
May 18, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	47 min
May 18, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	61 min
May 18, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	55 min
May 18, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	40 min
May 18, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	33 min
May 18, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	43 min
May 18, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	29 min
May 18, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Kiowa	25 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	63 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	33 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche	33 min
May 18, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	22 min
May 18, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	39 min
May 18, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	37 min
May 18, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Pawnee, Rush	32 min
May 18, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	33 min
May 18, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	31 min
May 18, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	25 min
May 18, 5:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	6 hr
May 18, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	28 min
May 18, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	41 min
May 18, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee	17 min
May 18, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	30 min
May 18, 6:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ford	6 hr
May 18, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	30 min
May 18, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	15 min
May 18, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	51 min
May 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	6 hr

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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.