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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 5:04 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 10, 2021, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
734
WUUS53 KDDC 102204
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-102245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0168.210810T2204Z-210810T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
504 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 504 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Minneola,
moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Ford and northwestern Clark Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 10004 3745 10011 3747 10011 3747 10013
3751 10017 3764 10001 3750 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 224DEG 6KT 3749 10007
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
SPRINGER2 follow-up statements
671
WWUS53 KDDC 102213
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
513 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC025-057-102245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-210810T2245Z/
Ford KS-Clark KS-
513 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES...
At 513 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Minneola,
moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Minneola.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3741 10002 3752 10013 3764 10001 3750 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 224DEG 6KT 3750 10006
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER684
WWUS53 KDDC 102236 RRA
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
536 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC025-057-102246-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-210810T2245Z/
Ford KS-Clark KS-
536 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND NORTHERN
CLARK COUNTIES 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 3741 10002 3752 10013 3764 10001 3750 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 224DEG 6KT 3752 10003
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 12:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ford | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 50 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.