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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 20214 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 5:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 64 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
Aug 7, 2021, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

690 
WUUS53 KDDC 072256
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-165-195-080000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0151.210807T2256Z-210808T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
556 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Southeastern Trego County in west central Kansas...
  Northwestern Rush County in central Kansas...
  Southwestern Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 556 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Trego Center, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
  Cedar Bluff around 610 PM CDT.
  Brownell around 615 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Antonino and Schoenchen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3861 10004 3889 9990 3883 9929 3852 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 280DEG 27KT 3877 9989 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott60 min
Aug 7, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton40 min
Aug 7, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott60 min
Aug 7, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Gray41 min
Aug 7, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCLane, Ness52 min
Aug 7, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stevens66 min
Aug 7, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego44 min
Aug 7, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman26 min
Aug 7, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush59 min
Aug 7, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray28 min
Aug 7, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell32 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.