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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2017, 7:25 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- May 16, 2017, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E Kinsley, KS | |
| May 16, 7:50 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 S Larned, KS | RELAYED FROM EM. PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL. |
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 16, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 570 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.6
- Supercell composite
- 20.1
The text
As transmitted.
210
WFUS53 KDDC 170025
TORDDC
KSC047-145-170100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0009.170517T0025Z-170517T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
725 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Central Edwards County in south central Kansas...
* Until 800 PM CDT
* At 725 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lewis, or 6 miles east of Kinsley, moving
northeast at 35 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...
Garfield around 740 PM CDT.
Zook around 745 PM CDT.
Frizell around 750 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Fort
Larned Historic Site.
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 3800 9901 3800 9902 3799 9902 3782 9924
3791 9944 3825 9930 3809 9891 3808 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 209DEG 31KT 3795 9929
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee | 44 min |
| May 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane | 20 min |
| May 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 3 hr |
| May 16, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 34 min |
| May 16, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 48 min |
| May 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Rush | 28 min |
| May 16, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 35 min |
| May 16, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 27 min |
| May 16, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 25 min |
| May 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 46 min |
| May 16, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 30 min |
| May 16, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 54 min |
| May 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 37 min |
| May 16, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 29 min |
| May 16, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 16, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 1 more | 40 min |
| May 16, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford | 40 min |
| May 16, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 23 min |
| May 16, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 45 min |
| May 16, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 29 min |
| May 16, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 25 min |
| May 16, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 52 min |
| May 17, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 22 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.