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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 6, 2021Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 11:06 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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
Apr 6, 2021, 11:06 PM CDT (04:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 6, 11:10 PM CDTHAIL 1.253 W Coats, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

314 
WUUS53 KDDC 070406
SVRDDC
KSC007-151-070500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0011.210407T0406Z-210407T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1106 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Barber County in south central Kansas...
  Southern Pratt County in south central Kansas...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1105 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Coats,
  moving east 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...
  Pratt, Sawyer, Cullison, Isabel, Coats, Lake City, Sun City and
  Cairo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3733 9847 3735 9896 3764 9890 3767 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 264DEG 18KT 3751 9879 

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

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
708 
WWUS53 KDDC 070435
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1135 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC007-151-070500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210407T0500Z/
Barber KS-Pratt KS-
1135 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES...

At 1135 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Isabel, moving
east 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...
Sawyer and Isabel. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3734 9874 3752 9872 3754 9846 3733 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0435Z 270DEG 15KT 3741 9860 

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

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush49 min
Apr 6, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush59 min
Apr 6, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford60 min
Apr 6, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford36 min
Apr 6, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt, Stafford46 min
Apr 6, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber55 min
Apr 7, 3:59 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Morton, Ness and 4 more15 hr

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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.