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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 20, 2021Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 744 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

RUSSELL
2 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

$$

RUSSELL
657 
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 

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee34 min
Aug 20, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards23 min
Aug 20, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa34 min
Aug 20, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards28 min
Aug 20, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards30 min
Aug 20, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee28 min
Aug 20, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee30 min
Aug 20, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee51 min
Aug 20, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush30 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.