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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 6, 2021Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 11:50 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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
Apr 6, 2021, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2021, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

135 
WUUS53 KDDC 070450
SVRDDC
KSC007-070545-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0012.210407T0450Z-210407T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1150 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Barber County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1245 AM CDT.

* At 1150 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line 
  extending from near Isabel to near Medicine Lodge to near 
  Hardtner, 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...
  Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Hardtner, Sharon, Hazelton and Isabel. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9882 3737 9858 3747 9857 3747 9847
      3739 9846 3738 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 292DEG 18KT 3760 9847 3735 9850 3702 9871 

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

GERARD
2 follow-up statements
465 
WWUS53 KDDC 070517
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1217 AM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021

KSC007-070545-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210407T0545Z/
Barber KS-
1217 AM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY...

At 1216 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Nashville to near Sharon to near Kiowa, moving
east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Kiowa, Sharon and Hazelton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9862 3739 9846 3738 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 291DEG 19KT 3737 9836 3720 9841 3700 9855 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GERARD
430 
WWUS53 KDDC 070538
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1238 AM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021

KSC007-070548-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210407T0545Z/
Barber KS-
1238 AM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Dodge City.

LAT...LON 3700 9862 3739 9846 3738 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 292DEG 18KT 3733 9823 3716 9828 3696 9842 

$$

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, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.