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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 6:42 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 14, 2021, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
591
WUUS53 KDDC 142342
SVRDDC
KSC185-150015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0194.210914T2342Z-210915T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
642 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 641 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stafford, and
is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Zenith.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3782 9848 3793 9866 3807 9859 3806 9847
3783 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 294DEG 3KT 3799 9855
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
SPRINGER2 follow-up statements
831
WWUS53 KDDC 150002
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
702 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
KSC185-150015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0194.000000T0000Z-210915T0015Z/
Stafford KS-
702 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...
At 701 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Zenith, and is
nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Zenith and Neola.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3782 9848 3790 9861 3797 9858 3799 9847
3783 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 294DEG 3KT 3798 9853
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
SPRINGER121
WWUS53 KDDC 150005
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
705 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
KSC185-150015-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0194.000000T0000Z-210915T0015Z/
Stafford KS-
705 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 715 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.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3782 9848 3790 9861 3797 9858 3799 9847
3783 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 294DEG 3KT 3798 9853
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 28 min |
| Sep 14, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Sep 14, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Sep 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 53 min |
| Sep 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Sep 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 25 min |
| Sep 14, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 31 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.