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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2017, 2:11 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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
- Aug 10, 2017, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
County Trego County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:19 PM CDT | HAIL 4.25 | 3 Sw Voda, KS | EM REPORT OF SOFTBALL TO BASEBALL HAIL AT MILE POST 121 ON I-70. |
| Aug 10, 2:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Wakeeney, KS | SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON I-70 AT MM130. TIME IS APPROXIMATE. |
| Aug 10, 2:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Wakeeney, KS | SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON I-70 AT MM130. TIME IS APPROXIMATE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 520 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
059
WFUS53 KDDC 101911
TORDDC
KSC195-102000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0029.170810T1911Z-170810T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
211 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Trego County in west central Kansas...
* Until 300 PM CDT
* At 211 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles north of Collyer, or 7 miles northeast of
Quinter, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball 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 220 PM CDT.
Voda around 225 PM 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9977 3892 10005 3901 10015 3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 307DEG 30KT 3912 10012
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
TURNER2 follow-up statements
988
WWUS53 KDDC 101928
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
228 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017
KSC195-102000-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170810T2000Z/
Trego KS-
228 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY...
At 228 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles east of Voda, or 3 miles west of Wakeeney, moving
southeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and three inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Trego County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9977 3892 10005 3901 10015 3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 301DEG 48KT 3904 9995
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...3.00IN
$$
TURNER542
WWUS53 KDDC 101950
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
250 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017
KSC195-102000-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170810T2000Z/
Trego KS-
250 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
300 PM CDT...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to
expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3913 9977 3892 10005 3901 10015 3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 307DEG 30KT 3894 9978
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 17 min |
| Aug 9, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 19 min |
| Aug 9, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 20 min |
| Aug 9, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 4:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 10:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 11:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 11:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 1:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush, Trego | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 22 min |
| Aug 10, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 21 min |
| Aug 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 66 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.