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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 2, 2021Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 8:26 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
May 2, 2021, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 2, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 7015 Ese Friend, 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
May 2, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2021-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 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 2021-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
12.1

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The text

As transmitted.

046 
WUUS53 KDDC 030126
SVRDDC
KSC055-030200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0018.210503T0126Z-210503T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
826 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Finney County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 826 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles east of Friend to near Garden City, moving
  east at 25 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.

* These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
  north central Finney County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10047 3801 10047 3801 10083 3826 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 253DEG 21KT 3830 10078 3802 10081 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny42 min
May 2, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Stanton, Stevens43 min
May 2, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny35 min
May 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott47 min
May 2, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens66 min
May 2, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott52 min
May 2, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens44 min
May 2, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane51 min
May 2, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott34 min
May 2, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade60 min
May 2, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego41 min
May 2, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness39 min
May 2, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade39 min
May 2, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego48 min
May 2, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa64 min
May 2, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush41 min
May 2, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford49 min
May 2, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee, Stafford63 min
May 2, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber49 min
May 2, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford45 min
May 3, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark38 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.