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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 2021Finney County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 6:04 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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

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The text

As transmitted.

796 
WUUS53 KDDC 072304
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-072345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0152.210807T2304Z-210807T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 604 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Garden City,
  moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf 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
  central Finney and northwestern Gray Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3795 10098 3815 10082 3811 10028 3784 10046
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 280DEG 26KT 3804 10080 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

GERARD

1 follow-up statement

728 
WWUS53 KDDC 072334
SVSDDC

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

KSC069-072343-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-210807T2345Z/
Gray KS-
634 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAY 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 Kansas.

LAT...LON 3798 10079 3814 10072 3811 10028 3801 10044
      3800 10056 3800 10066 3799 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 269DEG 25KT 3806 10058 

$$

KSC055-072345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-210807T2345Z/
Finney KS-
634 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY...

At 633 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles north of
Pierceville, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Golf 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
central Finney County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3798 10079 3814 10072 3811 10028 3801 10044
      3800 10056 3800 10066 3799 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 269DEG 25KT 3806 10058 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 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, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Lane, Scott	60 min
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, 6:08 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

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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.