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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2021, 5:32 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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 25, 2021, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 562 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
816 WUUS53 KDDC 252232 SVRDDC KSC055-069-252300- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0185.210825T2232Z-210825T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 532 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Finney County in southwestern Kansas... Northwestern Gray County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 600 PM CDT. * At 532 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Charleston, moving northwest at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Finney and northwestern Gray Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3790 10044 3786 10059 3797 10071 3806 10053 TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 151DEG 18KT 3792 10055 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ GERARD
2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 252246
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
546 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021
KSC055-252255-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-210825T2300Z/
Finney KS-
546 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning will not
approach the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3790 10044 3786 10059 3795 10066 3800 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 150DEG 3KT 3791 10054
$$
KSC069-252300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-210825T2300Z/
Gray KS-
546 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY...
At 545 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Charleston, and
is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Charleston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3790 10044 3786 10059 3795 10066 3800 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 150DEG 3KT 3791 10054
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GERARD612
WWUS53 KDDC 252258
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
558 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021
KSC069-252308-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-210825T2300Z/
Gray KS-
558 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3790 10044 3786 10059 3795 10066 3800 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 151DEG 18KT 3796 10057
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 3:39 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Ellis, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford | 16 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 52 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.