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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 13, 2021Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 7:11 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
Jul 13, 2021, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2021, 7:38 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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
Jul 13, 7:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.259 Sse Nekoma, KSREPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2021-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 414 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
414 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

534 
WUUS53 KDDC 140011
SVRDDC
KSC145-165-140100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0135.210714T0011Z-210714T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
711 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  South central Rush County in central Kansas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 711 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
  Ash Valley, moving northeast at 10 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...
  Ash Valley and Rush Center.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3824 9938 3839 9945 3851 9925 3825 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 241DEG 9KT 3833 9936 

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

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
950 
WWUS53 KDDC 140038
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
738 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

KSC145-165-140048-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-210714T0100Z/
Pawnee KS-Rush KS-
738 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL RUSH COUNTIES 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.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3824 9938 3839 9945 3851 9925 3825 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 241DEG 9KT 3836 9928 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis30 min
Jul 13, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess44 min
Jul 13, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego16 min
Jul 14, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton32 min
Jul 14, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton41 min
Jul 14, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton45 min
Jul 14, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton35 min
Jul 14, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.