Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2021, 6:33 PM CDT for Finney County, Grant County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.
653
WUUS53 KDDC 032333
SVRDDC
KSC055-067-093-040000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0191.210903T2333Z-210904T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
633 PM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
Southwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 633 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles north of
Hickok, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Kearny, southwestern Finney and northeastern Grant
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3796 10121 3791 10100 3774 10108 3774 10109
3771 10109 3766 10111 3769 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 198DEG 19KT 3771 10116
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
HOVORKA1 follow-up statement
907
WWUS53 KDDC 032346 RRA
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
646 PM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021
KSC067-032356-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-210904T0000Z/
Grant KS-
646 PM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3796 10121 3791 10100 3778 10109 3778 10119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 198DEG 19KT 3778 10113
$$
KSC055-093-040000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-210904T0000Z/
Kearny KS-Finney KS-
646 PM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES...
At 646 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles southeast
of Lakin, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Kearny and southwestern Finney Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3796 10121 3791 10100 3778 10109 3778 10119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 198DEG 19KT 3778 10113
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
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, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 18 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, 6:43 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.