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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 7:01 PM CDT for Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | 2 Wsw Liberal, KS | AWOS STATION KLBL LIBERAL. |
| Aug 7, 7:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 1 Wsw Hayne, KS | MESONET STATION UP407 0.6 SW HAYNE (UPR). |
| Aug 7, 7:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 4 Ne Hayne, KS | MESONET STATION UR350 4.4 NE HAYNE (UPR). |
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.
| 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
887 WUUS53 KDDC 080001 SVRDDC KSC175-189-080045- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0159.210808T0001Z-210808T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 701 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Seward County in southwestern Kansas... Southeastern Stevens County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 745 PM CDT. * At 701 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tyrone, or 9 miles south of Woods, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Liberal and Hayne. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3700 10137 3717 10138 3722 10066 3700 10065 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 269DEG 21KT 3703 10111 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ GERARD
1 follow-up statement
226
WWUS53 KDDC 080052
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
752 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSC175-189-080102-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-210808T0045Z/
Seward KS-Stevens KS-
752 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SEWARD AND
SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3700 10137 3717 10138 3722 10066 3700 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 269DEG 21KT 3703 10075
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 66 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.