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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 2018Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2018, 5:45 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 23, 2018, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2018, 6:10 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 23, 5:50 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Haviland, KS

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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 690 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

505 
WUUS53 KDDC 232245
SVRDDC
KSC097-151-232330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0101.180523T2245Z-180523T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
545 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
  Western Pratt County in south central Kansas...

* Until 630 PM CDT

* At 544 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wellsford,
  moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Pratt, Haviland, Iuka, Cullison, Byers and Wellsford. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3758 9865 3752 9909 3769 9918 3773 9906
      3773 9902 3775 9901 3783 9882 3783 9875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 245DEG 14KT 3764 9906 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GERARD

1 follow-up statement

812 
WWUS53 KDDC 232310
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
610 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2018

KSC097-151-232319-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-180523T2330Z/
Kiowa KS-Pratt KS-
610 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND WESTERN
PRATT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Dodge City.

LAT...LON 3758 9865 3752 9909 3769 9918 3773 9906
      3773 9902 3775 9901 3783 9882 3783 9875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 245DEG 14KT 3768 9895 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	62 min
May 23, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	56 min
May 23, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	60 min
May 23, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	38 min
May 23, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	64 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.