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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2017, 8:18 PM CDT for Scott 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
- Oct 2, 2017, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2017, 8:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Scott County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2098 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted.
635
WFUS53 KDDC 030118
TORDDC
KSC171-030200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0032.171003T0118Z-171003T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
818 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Scott County in west central Kansas...
* Until 900 PM CDT
* At 817 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles south of Pence, or 11 miles northwest of Scott
City, moving northeast at 20 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...
Scott State Lake around 845 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 3870 10073 3852 10106 3857 10113 3867 10113
3870 10110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 224DEG 18KT 3859 10106
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
Reynolds2 follow-up statements
447
WWUS53 KDDC 030127
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
827 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
KSC171-030200-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-171003T0200Z/
Scott KS-
827 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY...
At 826 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located very near Scott State Lake, or 12 miles north of Scott
City, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Scott County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10073 3860 10099 3865 10105 3869 10107
3870 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 227DEG 19KT 3867 10093
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
Reynolds140
WWUS53 KDDC 030133
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
833 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
KSC171-030143-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-171003T0200Z/
Scott KS-
833 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for west central
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3870 10073 3860 10099 3865 10105 3869 10107
3870 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 224DEG 18KT 3870 10090
$$
ReynoldsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 36 min |
| Oct 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 44 min |
| Oct 2, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 44 min |
| Oct 2, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 31 min |
| Oct 2, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 28 min |
| Oct 3, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 21 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.