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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 13, 2021Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 7:26 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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
Jul 13, 2021, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2021, 7:42 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.

518 
WUUS53 KDDC 140026
SVRDDC
KSC135-195-140100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0136.210714T0026Z-210714T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Southeastern Trego County in west central Kansas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 726 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cedar Bluff,
  moving southeast 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Cedar Bluff around 730 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Brownell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3871 9987 3880 9981 3878 9960 3862 9962
      3855 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 303DEG 9KT 3873 9979 

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

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
607 
WWUS53 KDDC 140042
SVSDDC

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

KSC135-195-140052-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0136.000000T0000Z-210714T0100Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-
742 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS AND
SOUTHEASTERN TREGO 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.

LAT...LON 3871 9987 3880 9981 3878 9960 3862 9962
      3855 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 303DEG 9KT 3871 9975 

$$

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, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush27 min
Jul 13, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess44 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

Nearby

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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.