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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 2021Ford County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 7:54 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 8:08 PM CDTHAIL 1Montezuma, KS
Aug 7, 8:22 PM CDTHAIL 1Ensign, KS
Aug 7, 8:26 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 65Ensign, 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.

924 
WUUS53 KDDC 080054
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-080145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0163.210808T0054Z-210808T0145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 754 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Montezuma,
  moving east at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Montezuma around 805 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include The
Haggard Elev, Ensign and Howell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3769 10065 3771 10065 3780 10011 3749 10006
      3749 10060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 259DEG 30KT 3762 10053 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

GERARD
2 follow-up statements
101 
WWUS53 KDDC 080124
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
824 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

KSC057-069-080145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-210808T0145Z/
Ford KS-Gray KS-
824 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

At 823 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Ensign,
moving east at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Ford and southeastern Gray Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3773 10048 3780 10011 3749 10006 3749 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 256DEG 30KT 3765 10022 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

GERARD
932 
WWUS53 KDDC 080146
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
846 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

KSC057-069-080156-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-210808T0145Z/
Ford KS-Gray KS-
846 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
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 1100 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3773 10048 3780 10011 3749 10006 3749 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 259DEG 30KT 3769 9999 

$$

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, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee38 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.