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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 15, 2021Lane County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2021, 6:08 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness 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, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 15, 6:18 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Utica, 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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

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The text

As transmitted.

255 
WUUS53 KDDC 152308
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-160000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0180.210815T2308Z-210816T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
608 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...
  Northeastern Lane County in west central Kansas...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 608 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Utica, moving
  southwest at 15 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Utica and Pendennis.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10015 3864 10014 3865 10007 3847 10023
      3859 10040 3870 10030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 040DEG 11KT 3873 10015 

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

$$

SPRINGER

3 follow-up statements

548 
WWUS53 KDDC 152330
SVSDDC

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

KSC101-135-160000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0180.000000T0000Z-210816T0000Z/
Ness KS-Lane KS-
630 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES...

At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Utica, moving
southwest at 15 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.

Locations impacted include...
Utica.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10015 3864 10014 3865 10007 3847 10023
      3859 10040 3870 10026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 040DEG 11KT 3868 10021 

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

$$

SPRINGER

273 
WWUS53 KDDC 152341
SVSDDC

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

KSC101-135-160000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0180.000000T0000Z-210816T0000Z/
Ness KS-Lane KS-
641 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES...

At 641 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Utica, moving
southwest at 15 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.

Locations impacted include...
Utica.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3863 10009 3847 10023 3859 10040 3867 10025
      3865 10016 3864 10014 3864 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 040DEG 11KT 3865 10024 

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

$$

SPRINGER

404 
WWUS53 KDDC 152358
SVSDDC

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

KSC101-135-160007-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0180.000000T0000Z-210816T0000Z/
Ness KS-Lane KS-
658 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS AND
NORTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 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.

LAT...LON 3863 10009 3847 10023 3859 10040 3867 10025
      3865 10016 3864 10014 3864 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 040DEG 11KT 3862 10028 

$$

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, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	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.