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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | 3 Ene Dodge City, KS | ASOS STATION KDDC DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Aug 7, 8:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Ft. Dodge, KS | DELAYED REPORT. TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. ONE LIMB BROKE THROUGH WINDSHIELD ON VEHICLE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 10 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 080130
SVRDDC
KSC057-080215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0164.210808T0130Z-210808T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
830 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 830 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
of Dodge City, moving east at 40 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Dodge City around 840 PM CDT.
Ft. Dodge around 845 PM CDT.
Wright around 850 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Ford
and Windhorst.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3776 10020 3786 9957 3755 9956 3751 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 256DEG 34KT 3767 10008
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GERARD2 follow-up statements
987 WWUS53 KDDC 080155 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 855 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021 KSC057-080215- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-210808T0215Z/ Ford KS- 855 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EASTERN FORD COUNTY... At 855 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ford, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Windhorst. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3779 9999 3786 9957 3755 9956 3754 10001 TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 256DEG 35KT 3773 9978 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ GERARD
313
WWUS53 KDDC 080213
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
913 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSC057-080223-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-210808T0215Z/
Ford KS-
913 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FORD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central and southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3779 9999 3786 9957 3755 9956 3754 10001
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 256DEG 34KT 3776 9961
$$
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, 7:44 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, 8:44 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.