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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 1, 2018Edwards County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2018, 5:10 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 1, 2018, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2018, 5:40 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 1, 5:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 N Garfield, 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
May 1, 2:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 1353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 376 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

478 
WUUS53 KDDC 012210
SVRDDC
KSC047-145-165-012300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0013.180501T2210Z-180501T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
510 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Southeastern Rush County in central Kansas...
  Northern Edwards County in south central Kansas...

* Until 600 PM CDT

* At 510 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast
  of Kinsley, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Larned, Kinsley, Lewis, Garfield, Ash Valley, Sanford, Frizell and
  Shaffer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central
and central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3784 9929 3797 9952 3853 9904 3826 9903
      3826 9891 3823 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 214DEG 40KT 3796 9934 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

077 
WWUS53 KDDC 012225
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
525 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

KSC047-012235-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180501T2300Z/
Edwards KS-
525 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area.Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central
and central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3800 9915 3812 9937 3853 9904 3826 9903
      3826 9891 3823 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 214DEG 40KT 3810 9922 

$$

KSC145-165-012300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180501T2300Z/
Pawnee KS-Rush KS-
525 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES...

At 525 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Garfield,
moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage 
         to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. 

Locations impacted include...
Larned, Garfield, Ash Valley, Sanford, Frizell and Shaffer. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central
and central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3800 9915 3812 9937 3853 9904 3826 9903
      3826 9891 3823 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 214DEG 40KT 3810 9922 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

SUGDEN

302 
WWUS53 KDDC 012240 RRA
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
540 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

KSC145-165-012250-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180501T2300Z/
Pawnee KS-Rush KS-
540 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PAWNEE AND
SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central
and central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3800 9915 3812 9937 3853 9904 3826 9903
      3826 9891 3823 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 214DEG 40KT 3824 9910 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	37 min
Apr 30, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane, Scott	42 min
Apr 30, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	38 min
Apr 30, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	34 min
Apr 30, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	40 min
Apr 30, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	34 min
Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	46 min
May 1, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	52 min
May 1, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	44 min
May 1, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	50 min
May 1, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	49 min
May 1, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	17 min
May 1, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	35 min
May 1, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	24 min
May 1, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Rush	16 min
May 1, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	48 min
May 1, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	46 min
May 1, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards	27 min
May 1, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	28 min
May 1, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	28 min
May 1, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	49 min
May 1, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	25 min
May 1, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	24 min
May 1, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Comanche	24 min
May 1, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	38 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.