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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2018, 4:13 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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
- May 1, 2018, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2018, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
220
WUUS53 KDDC 012113
SVRDDC
KSC051-012130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0009.180501T2113Z-180501T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
413 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 430 PM CDT
* At 412 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Emmeram, moving northeast at 50 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Ellis County.
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 central
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3913 9904 3898 9904 3895 9908 3907 9928
3913 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 222DEG 48KT 3907 9910
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Tatro1 follow-up statement
209
WWUS53 KDDC 012129
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
429 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018
KSC051-012138-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-180501T2130Z/
Ellis KS-
429 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3913 9904 3898 9904 3895 9908 3907 9928
3913 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 222DEG 48KT 3922 9893
$$
TatroThe 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, 4:38 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, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.