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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 15, 2021Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2021, 5:38 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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 15, 2021, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 15, 5:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	10 Sw Trego Center, KS

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1386 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

407 
WUUS53 KDDC 152238
SVRDDC
KSC135-195-152330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0179.210815T2238Z-210815T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
538 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Southwestern Trego County in west central Kansas...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 537 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
  Trego Center, moving south at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Ness and southwestern Trego Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9980 3863 10015 3871 10016 3874 10015
      3890 10015 3894 9994
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 347DEG 6KT 3885 10004 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SPRINGER

3 follow-up statements

690 
WWUS53 KDDC 152254
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
554 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

KSC135-195-152330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0179.000000T0000Z-210815T2330Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-
554 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTIES...

At 554 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest of
Trego Center, moving south at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Ness and southwestern Trego Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9980 3863 10015 3871 10016 3874 10015
      3884 10015 3889 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 347DEG 6KT 3882 10003 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SPRINGER

046 
WWUS53 KDDC 152305
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
605 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

KSC135-195-152330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0179.000000T0000Z-210815T2330Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-
605 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTIES...

At 604 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of
Trego Center, moving south at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Ness and southwestern Trego Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3863 10015 3871 10016 3874 10015 3882 10015
      3884 9998 3867 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 347DEG 6KT 3880 10002 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SPRINGER

797 
WWUS53 KDDC 152329
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
629 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

KSC135-195-152339-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0179.000000T0000Z-210815T2330Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-
629 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS AND
SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3863 10015 3871 10016 3874 10015 3882 10015
      3884 9998 3867 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 347DEG 6KT 3876 10001 

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	36 min
Aug 15, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	29 min
Aug 15, 4:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	3 hr
Aug 15, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	47 min
Aug 15, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Trego	47 min
Aug 15, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	49 min
Aug 15, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	31 min
Aug 15, 8:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	33 min
Aug 15, 8:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Ellis, Rush, Trego	3 hr
Aug 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	35 min
Aug 15, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	30 min
Aug 15, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Trego	3 hr
Aug 15, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	31 min
Aug 15, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	24 min
Aug 15, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	31 min
Aug 15, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Lane, Ness	52 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.