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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2017, 1:21 AM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 27, 2017, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2017, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:53 AM CDT | TORNADO | 7 S Collyer, KS |
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 27, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
980
WFUS53 KDDC 270621
TORDDC
KSC195-270700-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0023.170527T0621Z-170527T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
121 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Trego County in west central Kansas...
* Until 200 AM CDT
* At 121 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles southwest of Collyer, or 4 miles southeast of
Quinter, moving east at 30 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...
Collyer around 125 AM CDT.
Wakeeney and Trego Center around 155 AM CDT.
Ogallah around 200 AM CDT.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3901 9969 3883 9971 3892 10015 3905 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 276DEG 25KT 3902 10017
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
JJOHNSON1 follow-up statement
332
WWUS53 KDDC 270633
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
133 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017
KSC195-270700-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-170527T0700Z/
Trego KS-
133 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TREGO COUNTY...
At 132 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles southeast of Collyer, or 9 miles southeast of
Quinter, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Wakeeney around 155 AM CDT.
Ogallah around 200 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3901 9969 3883 9971 3896 10014 3904 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 276DEG 25KT 3901 10007
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 56 min |
| May 27, 1:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 34 min |
| May 27, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 40 min |
| May 27, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 49 min |
| May 27, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 35 min |
| May 27, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 22 min |
| May 27, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.