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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2021, 5:44 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2021, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2021, 6:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
179
WUUS53 KDDC 202244
SVRDDC
KSC145-165-202330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0183.210820T2244Z-210820T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
544 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Rush County in central Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 543 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Ash
Valley, moving northeast 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Shaffer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3821 9926 3830 9939 3849 9913 3843 9903
3832 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 229DEG 20KT 3830 9925
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RUSSELL2 follow-up statements
898
WWUS53 KDDC 202305
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
605 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
KSC145-202314-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-210820T2330Z/
Pawnee KS-
605 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3835 9916 3836 9931 3849 9913 3843 9903
3835 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 221DEG 27KT 3842 9913
$$
KSC165-202330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-210820T2330Z/
Rush KS-
605 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY...
At 604 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shaffer, moving
northeast at 30 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.
Locations impacted include...
Shaffer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3835 9916 3836 9931 3849 9913 3843 9903
3835 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 221DEG 27KT 3842 9913
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RUSSELL657
WWUS53 KDDC 202317
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
617 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
KSC165-202327-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-210820T2330Z/
Rush KS-
617 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3835 9916 3836 9931 3849 9913 3843 9903
3835 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 229DEG 20KT 3847 9906
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 23 min |
| Aug 20, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.