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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 8:39 PM CDT for Finney County, Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
- May 2, 2021, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Lane County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted.
138
WUUS53 KDDC 030139
SVRDDC
KSC055-101-030230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0019.210503T0139Z-210503T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
839 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
Lane County in west central Kansas...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 839 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Amy to 15 miles east of Friend, moving east at
25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Dighton, Alamota, Healy, Kalvesta, Pendennis, Amy and Shields.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10025 3857 10025 3804 10027 3803 10050
3826 10069 3870 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 255DEG 22KT 3843 10066 3818 10064
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG2 follow-up statements
869
WWUS53 KDDC 030214
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
914 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC055-101-030230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210503T0230Z/
Finney KS-Lane KS-
914 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY AND LANE COUNTIES...
At 913 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Dighton to 13 miles northwest of Kalvesta, moving
east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Dighton, Alamota, Healy, Kalvesta, Pendennis, Amy and Shields.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10025 3857 10025 3804 10027 3803 10050
3826 10061 3870 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 255DEG 22KT 3848 10041 3823 10039
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG314
WWUS53 KDDC 030223
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
923 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC055-101-030232-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210503T0230Z/
Finney KS-Lane KS-
923 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY AND LANE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. A significant
weather advisory is in effect for eastern Lane and northeast Finney
counties.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3870 10025 3857 10025 3804 10027 3803 10050
3826 10061 3870 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 255DEG 22KT 3849 10035 3824 10033
$$
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 42 min |
| May 2, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Stanton, Stevens | 43 min |
| May 2, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 35 min |
| May 2, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 47 min |
| May 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 66 min |
| May 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 52 min |
| May 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 44 min |
| May 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 34 min |
| May 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 34 min |
| May 2, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 60 min |
| May 2, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| May 2, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 39 min |
| May 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 39 min |
| May 2, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 48 min |
| May 2, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa | 64 min |
| May 2, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 41 min |
| May 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 49 min |
| May 2, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 63 min |
| May 2, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 49 min |
| May 2, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 45 min |
| May 3, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 38 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.