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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2021, 8:59 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 9:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Sse Lewis, KS | |
| Aug 15, 9:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Nnw Fellsburg, 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
534 WUUS53 KDDC 160159 SVRDDC KSC047-097-160230- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0181.210816T0159Z-210816T0230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 859 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central Kiowa County in south central Kansas... Southeastern Edwards County in south central Kansas... * Until 930 PM CDT. * At 858 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lewis, moving southwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Fellsburg around 910 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Centerview. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3797 9922 3788 9905 3765 9924 3780 9945 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 039DEG 14KT 3788 9920 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
416 WWUS53 KDDC 160215 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 915 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021 KSC047-097-160230- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-210816T0230Z/ Kiowa KS-Edwards KS- 915 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES... At 915 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Centerview, moving southwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Kiowa and southeastern Edwards Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3790 9924 3783 9912 3765 9924 3780 9945 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 039DEG 14KT 3783 9925 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ SPRINGER
884
WWUS53 KDDC 160227
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
927 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021
KSC047-097-160237-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-210816T0230Z/
Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-
927 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA AND
SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 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 3790 9924 3783 9912 3765 9924 3780 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 039DEG 14KT 3780 9928
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 4 hr |
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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.