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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
283
WWUS53 KDDC 210152
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
852 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
KSC025-119-210202-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-210821T0200Z/
Meade KS-Clark KS-
852 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MEADE AND
SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3711 10019 3725 10016 3728 9988 3702 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 279DEG 10KT 3716 9994
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 35 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.