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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 27, 2018Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2018, 4:45 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 27, 2018, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2018, 5:12 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

926 
WUUS53 KDDC 272145
SVRDDC
KSC051-195-272245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0340.180727T2145Z-180727T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
445 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Trego County in west central Kansas...
  Northern Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 445 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest
  of Zurich, or 18 miles north of Ellis, moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
  Emmeram.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9904 3896 9959 3913 9975 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 322DEG 16KT 3920 9950 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

022 
WWUS53 KDDC 272158
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
458 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018

KSC195-272206-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-180727T2245Z/
Trego KS-
458 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The strong thunderstorm which prompted the warning for northeastern 
Trego County never reached severe levels and was weakening, therefore
the warning was cancelled.

LAT...LON 3896 9904 3896 9940 3913 9954 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 322DEG 16KT 3916 9946 

$$

KSC051-272245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-180727T2245Z/
Ellis KS-
458 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...

At 456 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of
Zurich, or 16 miles north of Ellis, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Emmeram.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3896 9904 3896 9940 3913 9954 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 322DEG 16KT 3916 9946 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID

737 
WWUS53 KDDC 272212
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
512 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018

KSC051-272222-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-180727T2245Z/
Ellis KS-
512 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY 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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3896 9904 3896 9940 3913 9954 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 322DEG 16KT 3910 9940 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	43 min
Jul 26, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	67 min
Jul 26, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	63 min
Jul 26, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	25 min
Jul 26, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Grant, Kearny, Stanton	46 min
Jul 26, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	44 min
Jul 26, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stevens	36 min
Jul 26, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane, Ness	33 min
Jul 27, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	31 min
Jul 27, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	37 min
Jul 27, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	39 min
Jul 27, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	64 min
Jul 27, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	59 min
Jul 27, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	63 min
Jul 27, 6:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	3 hr
Jul 27, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.