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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 15, 2021Edwards County, Kiowa County, Kansas

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.

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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
Aug 15, 9:04 PM CDTHAIL 13 Sse Lewis, KS
Aug 15, 9:05 PM CDTHAIL 0.885 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 947 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 2021-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane30 min
Aug 15, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards29 min
Aug 15, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa31 min
Aug 15, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa31 min
Aug 16, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford29 min
Aug 16, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane30 min
Aug 16, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego34 min
Aug 16, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman25 min
Aug 16, 3:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee30 min
Aug 16, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman28 min
Aug 16, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman24 min
Aug 16, 4:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHodgeman4 hr

Nearby

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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.