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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 21, 20204 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2020, 5:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 21, 2020, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2020, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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.

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 21, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -409 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

005 
WUUS53 KDDC 212248
SVRDDC
KSC067-081-175-189-212330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0021.200521T2248Z-200521T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
548 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Seward County in southwestern Kansas...
  Eastern Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northeastern Stevens County in southwestern Kansas...
  Western Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 548 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cave, moving
  north at 25 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...
  Ulysses, Satanta, Moscow, Ryus, Cave and Hickok. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3733 10130 3769 10143 3769 10084 3727 10101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 177DEG 23KT 3739 10115 

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

UMSCHEID

2 follow-up statements

990 
WWUS53 KDDC 212302 RRA
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
602 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

KSC067-081-175-189-212330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200521T2330Z/
Seward KS-Grant KS-Stevens KS-Haskell KS-
602 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SEWARD...EASTERN GRANT...NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND
WESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

At 602 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ryus, moving
north at 35 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...
Ulysses, Satanta, Ryus, Cave and Hickok. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3739 10116 3740 10130 3769 10143 3769 10084
      3727 10101 3730 10115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 176DEG 32KT 3753 10116 

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

UMSCHEID

284 
WWUS53 KDDC 212322
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
622 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

KSC067-081-175-189-212332-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200521T2330Z/
Seward KS-Grant KS-Stevens KS-Haskell KS-
622 PM CDT Thu May 21 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SEWARD...EASTERN
GRANT...NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND WESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 630 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3739 10116 3740 10130 3769 10143 3769 10084
      3727 10101 3730 10115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 177DEG 23KT 3765 10117 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	37 min
May 21, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	44 min
May 21, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	51 min
May 21, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	51 min
May 21, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	29 min
May 21, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	41 min
May 21, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	38 min
May 21, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Hamilton	32 min
May 21, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	37 min
May 21, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	52 min
May 21, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	48 min
May 21, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	26 min
May 21, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	24 min
May 21, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	51 min
May 21, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	47 min
May 21, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	38 min
May 21, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	49 min
May 21, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	56 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.