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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 2, 2018Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2018, 12:36 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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 2, 2018, 12:36 PM CDT (17:36 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2018, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 1:00 PM CDTHAIL 18 E Meade State Park, KS
May 2, 1:18 PM CDTHAIL 0.889 Sse Meade State Park, KSNICKEL.
May 2, 1:20 PM CDTHAIL 17 Sse Fowler, 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2018-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2018-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

164 
WUUS53 KDDC 021736
SVRDDC
KSC119-021830-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0021.180502T1736Z-180502T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1236 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Meade County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 130 PM CDT

* At 1236 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast
  of Forgan, or 9 miles north of Beaver, moving north at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Meade, Fowler, Meade State Park and Missler. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3743 10047 3737 10010 3712 10018 3700 10028
      3700 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 197DEG 30KT 3695 10047 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements
499 
WWUS53 KDDC 021750
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1250 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018

KSC119-021830-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180502T1830Z/
Meade KS-
1250 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY...

At 1250 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast
of Meade State Park, moving north at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Meade, Fowler, Meade State Park and Missler. 

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 southwestern
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3743 10047 3737 10010 3712 10018 3700 10028
      3700 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 198DEG 35KT 3712 10039 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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644 
WWUS53 KDDC 021801
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
101 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018

KSC119-021830-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180502T1830Z/
Meade KS-
101 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY...

At 101 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Meade State Park, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Meade, Fowler, Meade State Park and Missler. 

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 southwestern
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3743 10047 3737 10010 3712 10018 3700 10028
      3700 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 203DEG 22KT 3714 10030 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa29 min
May 1, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford11 min
May 1, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche44 min
May 1, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis17 min
May 1, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis22 min
May 2, 3:04 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCMorton, Stevens12 hr
May 2, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade60 min
May 2, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade57 min
May 2, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa52 min
May 2, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee62 min
May 2, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa25 min
May 2, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush65 min
May 2, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford44 min
May 2, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark26 min
May 2, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford38 min
May 2, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford38 min
May 2, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford17 min
May 2, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford32 min
May 2, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford52 min
May 2, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche66 min
May 2, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche67 min
May 2, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt47 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.