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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 6:03 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports 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
- May 2, 2021, 6:03 PM MDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:17 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 83 | 11 Nw Lakin, KS | REPORT RECEIVED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| May 2, 6:45 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 E Kendall, KS | MESONET STATION DW5288 KENDALL. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted.
638
WUUS53 KDDC 030003
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-030045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0014.210503T0003Z-210503T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
703 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
Western Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 745 PM CDT/645 PM MDT/.
* At 702 PM CDT/602 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Syracuse, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Syracuse, Coolidge and Kendall.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10134 3778 10129 3787 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 263DEG 14KT 3803 10181
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RBURG1 follow-up statement
531
WWUS53 KDDC 030027
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
727 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC075-093-030045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210503T0045Z/
Hamilton KS-Kearny KS-
727 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM
CDT/645 PM MDT/ FOR HAMILTON AND WESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES...
At 727 PM CDT/627 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles
north of Kendall, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Syracuse, Coolidge and Kendall.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10134 3778 10129 3787 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 262DEG 32KT 3812 10152
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Stanton, Stevens | 43 min |
| May 2, 6:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 35 min |
| May 2, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 47 min |
| May 2, 6:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 66 min |
| May 2, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 52 min |
| May 2, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 44 min |
| May 2, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 34 min |
| May 2, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 51 min |
| May 2, 7:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 34 min |
| May 2, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 60 min |
| May 2, 8:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| May 2, 8:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 39 min |
| May 2, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 39 min |
| May 2, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 48 min |
| May 2, 9:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa | 64 min |
| May 2, 9:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 41 min |
| May 2, 9:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 49 min |
| May 2, 9:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 63 min |
| May 2, 10:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 49 min |
| May 2, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 45 min |
| May 3, 12:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 38 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.