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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2021, 5:51 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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
- Sep 3, 2021, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2021, 6:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 885 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
579
WUUS53 KDDC 032251
SVRDDC
KSC129-189-032330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0189.210903T2251Z-210903T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
551 PM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Morton County in southwestern Kansas...
Stevens County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 551 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rolla, moving
northeast at 20 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Feterita around 605 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Hugoton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3702 10160 3721 10170 3739 10115 3710 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 241DEG 19KT 3714 10158
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
HOVORKA1 follow-up statement
153
WWUS53 KDDC 032309
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
609 PM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021
KSC129-189-032319-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-210903T2330Z/
Morton KS-Stevens KS-
609 PM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND
STEVENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3702 10160 3721 10170 3739 10115 3710 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 241DEG 19KT 3719 10147
$$
HOVORKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 2:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 11 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 22 min |
| Sep 3, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Kearny | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 32 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.