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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 14, 2021Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 6:44 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2021, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 7:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.76 Ne Zook, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 14, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted.

537 
WUUS53 KDDC 142344
SVRDDC
KSC047-145-185-150015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0195.210914T2344Z-210915T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
644 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  West central Stafford County in south central Kansas...
  Northeastern Edwards County in south central Kansas...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 644 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Garfield,
  moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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...
  Garfield around 650 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Zook,
Frizell and Larned.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3789 9932 3809 9941 3829 9904 3793 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 234DEG 18KT 3804 9926 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
260 
WWUS53 KDDC 150010
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
710 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

KSC047-145-185-150020-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0195.000000T0000Z-210915T0015Z/
Pawnee KS-Stafford KS-Edwards KS-
710 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PAWNEE...WEST CENTRAL
STAFFORD AND NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM
CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
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 3789 9932 3809 9941 3829 9904 3793 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 234DEG 18KT 3811 9913 

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt28 min
Sep 14, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa29 min
Sep 14, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa30 min
Sep 14, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford53 min
Sep 14, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa30 min
Sep 14, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee25 min
Sep 14, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.