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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 2, 2021Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 8:08 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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: May 2, 2021, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
May 2, 8:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Modoc, KS

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
May 2, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 12.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

056 
WUUS53 KDDC 030108
SVRDDC
KSC171-030200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0016.210503T0108Z-210503T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
808 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Scott County in west central Kansas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 806 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line 
  extending from 11 miles south of Russell Springs to 10 miles west 
  of Shallow Water, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Scott City, Shallow Water, Grigston, Manning, Scott State Lake and
  Modoc.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10071 3827 10069 3834 10113 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 261DEG 14KT 3875 10115 3833 10109 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

RBURG

2 follow-up statements

661 
WWUS53 KDDC 030146
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
846 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

KSC171-030200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210503T0200Z/
Scott KS-
846 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SCOTT COUNTY...

At 845 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles north of Scott State Lake to near Shallow
Water, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Scott City, Shallow Water, Grigston, Manning and Scott State Lake. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10071 3827 10069 3833 10098 3870 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 261DEG 14KT 3877 10096 3835 10090 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RBURG

301 
WWUS53 KDDC 030156
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
856 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

KSC171-030205-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210503T0200Z/
Scott KS-
856 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCOTT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3870 10071 3827 10069 3833 10098 3870 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 261DEG 14KT 3878 10092 3836 10086 

$$

RBURG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	42 min
May 2, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Stanton, Stevens	43 min
May 2, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Kearny	35 min
May 2, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	47 min
May 2, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	66 min
May 2, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens	44 min
May 2, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	34 min
May 2, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane	51 min
May 2, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	34 min
May 2, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade	60 min
May 2, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	41 min
May 2, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	39 min
May 2, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade	39 min
May 2, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	48 min
May 2, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa	64 min
May 2, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	41 min
May 2, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	49 min
May 2, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	63 min
May 2, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	49 min
May 2, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt, Stafford	45 min
May 3, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	38 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.