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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 6:42 PM CDT for Finney County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 7:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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.
| 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 54 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
812
WUUS53 KDDC 072342
SVRDDC
KSC055-083-080030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0155.210807T2342Z-210808T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
642 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of
Kalvesta, moving east at 25 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Kalvesta.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3802 10013 3801 10061 3821 10063 3826 10019
3826 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 262DEG 23KT 3811 10052
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
627
WWUS53 KDDC 080008
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
708 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSC055-083-080017-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210808T0030Z/
Finney KS-Hodgeman KS-
708 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY AND
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3802 10013 3801 10061 3821 10063 3826 10019
3826 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 262DEG 23KT 3813 10031
$$
GERARDThe 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 | 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 | 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 | DDC | Finney, Gray | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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.