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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 6:51 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 7:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.
688
WUUS53 KDDC 072351
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-080030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0157.210807T2351Z-210808T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
651 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 651 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Plymell,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Pierceville and Charleston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3780 10095 3796 10095 3799 10050 3777 10048
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 262DEG 21KT 3788 10086
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
017
WWUS53 KDDC 080019
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
719 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSC055-069-080028-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-210808T0030Z/
Finney KS-Gray KS-
719 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND
NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3780 10095 3796 10095 3799 10050 3777 10048
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 262DEG 21KT 3790 10066
$$
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, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 59 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.