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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Dodge City, KS
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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 9:15 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Wsw Kendall, KS | HAILED 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 8:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 24 min |
| Sep 14, 10:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 23 min |
| Sep 14, 10:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 42 min |
| Sep 14, 10:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 30 min |
| Sep 14, 11:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 46 min |
| Sep 14, 11:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 47 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.