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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2017, 5:15 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- May 18, 2017, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 5:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 5:16 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ne Bloom, KS | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED. |
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 | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
573
WFUS53 KDDC 182215
TORDDC
KSC025-057-182300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0017.170518T2215Z-170518T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
515 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 600 PM CDT
* At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northwest of Ashland, moving northeast at 40
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Clark State Lake around 530 PM CDT.
Bloom around 535 PM CDT.
Kingsdown around 545 PM CDT.
Bucklin around 550 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Big
Basin Preserve.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 9986 3724 10001 3762 9988 3759 9956
3748 9957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 205DEG 34KT 3726 9992
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
UMSCHEID2 follow-up statements
948
WWUS53 KDDC 182239
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
539 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
KSC025-182249-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170518T2300Z/
Clark KS-
539 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning
has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3748 9958 3750 9989 3762 9988 3759 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 199DEG 47KT 3759 9978
$$
KSC057-182300-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170518T2300Z/
Ford KS-
539 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY...
At 539 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles southwest of Ford, or 17 miles southeast of Dodge
City, moving north at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Ford County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3748 9958 3750 9989 3762 9988 3759 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 199DEG 47KT 3759 9978
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
UMSCHEID354
WWUS53 KDDC 182248
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
548 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
KSC057-182258-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170518T2300Z/
Ford KS-
548 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3748 9958 3750 9989 3762 9988 3759 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 205DEG 34KT 3767 9973
$$
UMSCHEIDThe 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, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 49 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, 5:18 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.