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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2017Clark County, Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2017, 5:18 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 18, 2017, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2017, 5:49 PM CDT
In force: 31 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), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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 18, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 24 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.

350 
WFUS53 KDDC 182218
TORDDC
KSC025-057-182300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0018.170518T2218Z-170518T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
518 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 518 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 3 miles northwest of Bloom, or 17 miles south of Dodge
  City, moving northeast at 10 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...
  Ford around 600 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Willroads Garden.

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 3743 9994 3743 10008 3775 9993 3775 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 207DEG 10KT 3752 9995 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

JJOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

687 
WWUS53 KDDC 182233
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-057-182300-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170518T2300Z/
Ford KS-Clark KS-
533 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FORD AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES...
    
At 531 PM CDT, a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing a 
tornado was located just north of Minneola northeast to just 
southeast of Ford, and is nearly stationary.

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 and northern Clark Counties.

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 3745 9993 3745 10006 3774 9980 3774 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 200DEG 2KT 3749 9999 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

JJOHNSON

271 
WWUS53 KDDC 182249
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-057-182259-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170518T2300Z/
Ford KS-Clark KS-
549 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD AND NORTHERN CLARK
COUNTIES 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 3745 9993 3745 10006 3774 9980 3774 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 207DEG 10KT 3754 9996 

$$

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, 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, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.