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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 2, 2021Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 7:43 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
May 2, 2021, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

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

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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, 7:45 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 541 E Kendall, KSMESONET STATION DW5288 KENDALL.
May 2, 8:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 611 Ene Garden City, KSMESONET STATION KS010 US-50 @ K-156 BRIDGE GARDEN CITY.
May 2, 8:32 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 513 Nw Pierceville, KSASOS STATION KGCK GARDEN CITY.

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, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

683 
WUUS53 KDDC 030043
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-171-030130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0015.210503T0043Z-210503T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
743 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

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

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 742 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles northwest
  of Deerfield, moving east at 40 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...
  Garden City, Lakin, Holcomb, Deerfield, Shallow Water and Friend. 

This warning replaces and expands eastward the previous severe 
thunderstorm warning for Kearny county

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10152 3826 10113 3838 10113 3838 10073
      3786 10070 3786 10152
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 263DEG 34KT 3814 10129 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny42 min
May 2, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Stanton, Stevens43 min
May 2, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny35 min
May 2, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens66 min
May 2, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott52 min
May 2, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens44 min
May 2, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney34 min
May 2, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane51 min
May 2, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott34 min
May 2, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade60 min
May 2, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego41 min
May 2, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness39 min
May 2, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade39 min
May 2, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego48 min
May 2, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa64 min
May 2, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush41 min
May 2, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford49 min
May 2, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee, Stafford63 min
May 2, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber49 min
May 2, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford45 min
May 3, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial 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.