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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 10, 2021Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 4:57 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 10, 2021, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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 10, 4:57 PM CDTHAIL 1.759 Nw Bellefont, KSNICKEL SIZED INITIALLY THEN SOME UP TO A SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 672 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-516 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

064 
WUUS53 KDDC 102157
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-102245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0167.210810T2157Z-210810T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
457 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 456 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
  of Bellefont, moving northeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Ford and southeastern Hodgeman Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3787 9971 3799 9985 3811 9973 3806 9957
      3800 9957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 197DEG 9KT 3796 9975 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
126 
WWUS53 KDDC 102207
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
507 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

KSC057-102216-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-210810T2245Z/
Ford KS-
507 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3802 9982 3811 9973 3806 9957 3800 9957
      3791 9967 3791 9971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 197DEG 9KT 3799 9974 

$$

KSC083-102245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-210810T2245Z/
Hodgeman KS-
507 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...

At 506 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest of
Bellefont, moving north at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Hodgeman County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3802 9982 3811 9973 3806 9957 3800 9957
      3791 9967 3791 9971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 197DEG 9KT 3799 9974 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

SPRINGER
552 
WWUS53 KDDC 102236
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
536 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

KSC083-102245-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-210810T2245Z/
Hodgeman KS-
536 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3802 9982 3811 9973 3806 9957 3800 9957
      3791 9967 3791 9971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 197DEG 9KT 3806 9971 

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 12:20 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee and 2 more19 hr
Aug 10, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord31 min
Aug 10, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord39 min
Aug 10, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford41 min
Aug 10, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade33 min
Aug 10, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord30 min
Aug 10, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade48 min
Aug 10, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush27 min
Aug 10, 5:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCFord2 hr
Aug 10, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush25 min
Aug 10, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEllis, Rush37 min
Aug 10, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade47 min
Aug 10, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray50 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.