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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 10, 2017Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2017, 2:32 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 8 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, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2017, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 4.0 in

County Trego County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 10, 2:36 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Wakeeney, KS	90% OF CARS IN PARKING LOT WITH WINDOWS BROKEN. NEARBY HOMES HAVE WINDOWS BROKEN AND SIDING DAMAGE. NEARBY MILO IS STRIPPED DOWN.
Aug 10, 2:36 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Wakeeney, KS	90% OF CARS IN PARKING LOT WITH WINDOWS BROKEN. NEARBY HOMES HAVE WINDOWS BROKEN AND SIDING DAMAGE. NEARBY MILO IS STRIPPED DOWN.
Aug 10, 2:36 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wakeeney, KS	REPORTED AT DARI QUEEN, 521 BARCLAY AVE, WAKEENEY, KS 67672. SIDING TORN OFF AND WRAPPED AROUND NEIGHBORS TREE.
Aug 10, 2:37 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	Wakeeney, KS	VIDEO OF TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Aug 10, 2:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Wakeeney, KS	REPORTED HAIL IN A PREVIOUS LSR ALSO WITH THIS SAME REPORT.
Aug 10, 2:38 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	Wakeeney, KS	REPORTED WIND AS WELL; WAS ALSO SENT AS AN LSR.
Aug 10, 2:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Wakeeney, KS	WINDOWS BROKEN AT HOUSE. EST. WIND 60 MPH.
Aug 10, 2:48 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	2 Se Wakeeney, 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
Aug 10, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

912 
WFUS53 KDDC 101932
TORDDC
KSC195-102015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0030.170810T1932Z-170810T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
232 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Trego County in west central Kansas...

* Until 315 PM CDT
    
* At 232 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles north of Wakeeney, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and softball 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 235 PM CDT. 
  Ogallah around 250 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 3889 9969 3901 10004 3913 10001 3913 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 281DEG 29KT 3909 9991 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...4.00IN

$$

TURNER

2 follow-up statements

766 
WWUS53 KDDC 101942
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
242 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

KSC195-102015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-170810T2015Z/
Trego KS-
242 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY...
    
At 241 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles northeast of Wakeeney, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and softball 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. 

         Large damaging hail to softball size is occurring with this 
         storm. Softball size hail has been reported.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Ogallah around 255 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 3889 9969 3900 9998 3913 9994 3913 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 289DEG 27KT 3905 9984 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...4.00IN

$$

TURNER

615 
WWUS53 KDDC 102010
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
310 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

KSC195-102019-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-170810T2015Z/
Trego KS-
310 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
315 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 3889 9969 3900 9998 3913 9994 3913 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 281DEG 29KT 3901 9957 

$$

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The 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, 2:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Trego	49 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.