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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 14, 2021Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 9:11 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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, 9:11 PM MDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2021, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 9:15 PM MDTHAIL 1.252 Wsw Kendall, KSHAILED FOR 5-10 MINUTES AND COVERED THE GROUND. MOST HAIL WAS SMALL.

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, 3:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
1275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted.

377 
WUUS53 KDDC 150311
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-150345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0196.210915T0311Z-210915T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1011 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 1045 PM CDT/945 PM MDT/.

* At 1011 PM CDT/911 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Kendall, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Kendall around 920 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3782 10166 3799 10170 3808 10129 3783 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 260DEG 26KT 3791 10161 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
304 
WWUS53 KDDC 150323
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1023 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

KSC075-093-150345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-210915T0345Z/
Hamilton KS-Kearny KS-
1023 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM
CDT/945 PM MDT/ FOR EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON AND SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY
COUNTIES...

At 1023 PM CDT/923 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Kendall, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Hamilton and southwestern Kearny Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3783 10158 3800 10160 3808 10129 3783 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 260DEG 26KT 3793 10150 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

SPRINGER
231 
WWUS53 KDDC 150341
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1041 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

KSC075-093-150350-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-210915T0345Z/
Hamilton KS-Kearny KS-
1041 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT/945 PM
MDT/...
                
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.

LAT...LON 3783 10158 3800 10160 3808 10129 3783 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 260DEG 26KT 3795 10135 

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford32 min
Sep 14, 8:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton24 min
Sep 14, 10:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford23 min
Sep 14, 10:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford42 min
Sep 14, 10:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford30 min
Sep 14, 11:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt46 min
Sep 14, 11:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt47 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.