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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 20, 2021Clark County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2021, 8:18 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2021-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1329 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 2021-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted.

513 
WUUS53 KDDC 210118
SVRDDC
KSC025-119-210200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0184.210821T0118Z-210821T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
818 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 818 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest
  of Englewood, moving east at 10 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...
  Englewood.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3711 10019 3725 10016 3728 9988 3702 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 279DEG 10KT 3717 10006 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
283 
WWUS53 KDDC 210152
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
852 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021

KSC025-119-210202-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-210821T0200Z/
Meade KS-Clark KS-
852 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MEADE AND
SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 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.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3711 10019 3725 10016 3728 9988 3702 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 279DEG 10KT 3716 9994 

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa33 min
Aug 21, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward35 min
Aug 21, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward35 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.