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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 7:44 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 8:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
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WUUS53 KDDC 080044
SVRDDC
KSC145-165-185-080130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0162.210808T0044Z-210808T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
744 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Northwestern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Rush County in central Kansas...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 744 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Olmitz to near Sanford, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Otis around 750 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Larned and Radium.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3815 9885 3820 9945 3856 9903 3826 9903
3826 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 271DEG 34KT 3851 9900 3823 9933
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
260
WWUS53 KDDC 080109
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
809 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSC145-165-185-080119-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-210808T0130Z/
Pawnee KS-Stafford KS-Rush KS-
809 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PAWNEE...NORTHWESTERN
STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central and central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3815 9885 3820 9945 3856 9903 3826 9903
3826 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 271DEG 34KT 3851 9871 3823 9904
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 44 min |
| 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, 7:51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.