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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 20214 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 3 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: Aug 7, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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
Aug 7, 5:10 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	10 W Friend, KS	DELAYED REPORT. LOTS OF NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. LARGEST WAS TENNIS BALL SIZE.
Aug 7, 5:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Wnw Friend, KS
Aug 7, 5:19 PM CDT	HAIL 2	2 Wnw Friend, KS

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
Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -591 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

224 
WUUS53 KDDC 072145
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-101-171-072245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0149.210807T2145Z-210807T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
445 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southern Scott County in west central Kansas...
  Southwestern Lane County in west central Kansas...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 445 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
  Shallow Water, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Shallow Water and Friend around 505 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3845 10045 3812 10048 3821 10121 3826 10121
      3827 10112 3846 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 276DEG 30KT 3833 10110 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

GERARD

1 follow-up statement

276 
WWUS53 KDDC 072221
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
521 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

KSC093-072230-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-210807T2245Z/
Kearny KS-
521 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3841 10045 3812 10048 3820 10110 3826 10110
      3827 10112 3843 10103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 279DEG 33KT 3828 10086 

$$

KSC055-101-171-072245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-210807T2245Z/
Finney KS-Scott KS-Lane KS-
521 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...SOUTHERN SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN LANE
COUNTIES...

At 520 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Friend, moving
east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Finney, southern Scott and southwestern Lane Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3841 10045 3812 10048 3820 10110 3826 10110
      3827 10112 3843 10103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 279DEG 33KT 3828 10086 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	40 min
Aug 7, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott	60 min
Aug 7, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	64 min
Aug 7, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Gray	41 min
Aug 7, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Lane, Ness	52 min
Aug 7, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton, Stevens	66 min
Aug 7, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	44 min
Aug 7, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman	26 min
Aug 7, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	59 min
Aug 7, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	28 min
Aug 7, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.