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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 20216 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 7:07 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 38 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, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 52 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1651 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

892 
WUUS53 KDDC 080007
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-069-083-135-145-080045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0160.210808T0007Z-210808T0045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Eastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
  Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  East central Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Edwards County in south central Kansas...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 706 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles north of Gray to near Jetmore to near
  Howell, moving east at 45 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.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Burdett around 715 PM CDT.
  Hanston around 720 PM CDT.
  Dodge City, Gray and Rozel around 725 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Wright, Spearville, Ash Valley, Larned, Garfield, Windhorst and
Bellefont.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3801 9920 3773 9961 3776 10038 3803 9996
      3831 9970 3831 9903 3826 9903 3826 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 270DEG 39KT 3830 9965 3804 9988 3781 10024 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens44 min
Aug 7, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush47 min
Aug 7, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney43 min
Aug 7, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford25 min
Aug 7, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee54 min
Aug 7, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray51 min
Aug 7, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord45 min
Aug 7, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade46 min
Aug 7, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford39 min
Aug 7, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa49 min
Aug 7, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt, Stafford66 min

Nearby

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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.