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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2017Clark County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2017, 6:21 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2017, 6:36 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 3:21 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 356 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

777 
WFUS53 KDDC 182321
TORDDC
KSC025-119-190000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0019.170518T2321Z-170519T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
621 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 700 PM CDT
    
* At 621 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 11 miles south of Fowler, or 11 miles east of Meade,
  moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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...
  Minneola around 645 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 3716 10006 3720 10024 3746 10020 3746 9978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 207DEG 40KT 3723 10013 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
446 
WWUS53 KDDC 182336
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-119-182346-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170519T0000Z/
Meade KS-Clark KS-
636 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3716 10006 3720 10024 3746 10020 3746 9978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 207DEG 40KT 3738 10003 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford66 min
May 18, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford49 min
May 18, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush53 min
May 18, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa47 min
May 18, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman61 min
May 18, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche55 min
May 18, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush40 min
May 18, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush33 min
May 18, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa43 min
May 18, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber29 min
May 18, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa25 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord63 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush33 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche33 min
May 18, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber22 min
May 18, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford39 min
May 18, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord37 min
May 18, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush32 min
May 18, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford33 min
May 18, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford31 min
May 18, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford25 min
May 18, 5:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCPawnee, Rush6 hr
May 18, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego28 min
May 18, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade41 min
May 18, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee17 min
May 18, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman30 min
May 18, 6:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFord6 hr
May 18, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark30 min
May 18, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego51 min
May 18, 6:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark, Ford6 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.