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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 2, 2021Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

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.

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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
May 2, 6:17 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 8311 Nw Lakin, KSREPORT RECEIVED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
May 2, 6:45 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 541 E Kendall, KSMESONET 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 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 2021-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
$$

RBURG
1 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
 
$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Stanton, Stevens43 min
May 2, 6:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny35 min
May 2, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott47 min
May 2, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens66 min
May 2, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott52 min
May 2, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens44 min
May 2, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney34 min
May 2, 7:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane51 min
May 2, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott34 min
May 2, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade60 min
May 2, 8:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego41 min
May 2, 8:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness39 min
May 2, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade39 min
May 2, 8:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego48 min
May 2, 9:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa64 min
May 2, 9:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush41 min
May 2, 9:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford49 min
May 2, 9:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee, Stafford63 min
May 2, 10:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber49 min
May 2, 10:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford45 min
May 3, 12:52 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark38 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.