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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 18, 2021Grant County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2021, 2:32 PM CDT for Grant County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 18, 2021, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 525 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
525 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

053 
WUUS53 KDDC 181932
SVRDDC
KSC067-189-182015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0142.210718T1932Z-210718T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
232 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northeastern Stevens County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 315 PM CDT.

* At 231 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Moscow, moving south 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...
  Moscow.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3748 10143 3752 10126 3727 10108 3726 10143
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 344DEG 10KT 3740 10133 

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

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
298 
WWUS53 KDDC 181943
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
243 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021

KSC067-189-182015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-210718T2015Z/
Grant KS-Stevens KS-
243 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRANT AND NORTH CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTIES...

At 242 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest of
Moscow, moving south 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...
Moscow.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3748 10143 3747 10127 3727 10119 3726 10143
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 356DEG 9KT 3737 10134 

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

UMSCHEID
699 
WWUS53 KDDC 182012
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
312 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021

KSC067-189-182022-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-210718T2015Z/
Grant KS-Stevens KS-
312 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRANT AND NORTH
CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3748 10143 3747 10127 3727 10119 3726 10143
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 344DEG 10KT 3729 10131 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 11:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis31 min
Jul 18, 11:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego26 min
Jul 18, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis38 min
Jul 18, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush43 min
Jul 18, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego32 min
Jul 18, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush39 min
Jul 18, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee33 min
Jul 18, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford50 min
Jul 18, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant24 min
Jul 18, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford45 min
Jul 18, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord35 min
Jul 18, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Stanton23 min
Jul 18, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward27 min
Jul 18, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton, Stevens47 min
Jul 18, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche, Kiowa44 min
Jul 18, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton36 min
Jul 18, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens39 min
Jul 18, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche52 min
Jul 18, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche31 min
Jul 18, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.