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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2021, 11:18 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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, 11:18 PM CDT (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 11:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Dillwyn, KS | DAMAGE TO DOOR AND ROOF ON HAY SHED. 3 TO 4 INCH TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
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WUUS53 KDDC 150418
SVRDDC
KSC145-185-150500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0197.210915T0418Z-210915T0500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1118 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Southwestern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 1117 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dillwyn,
moving south at 15 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...
Macksville and Dillwyn around 1135 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3810 9901 3811 9889 3784 9873 3784 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 349DEG 15KT 3803 9893
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RBURG2 follow-up statements
041
WWUS53 KDDC 150433
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1133 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
KSC145-150442-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-210915T0500Z/
Pawnee KS-
1133 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3800 9891 3807 9887 3798 9881 3788 9875
3793 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 304DEG 15KT 3800 9885
$$
KSC185-150500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-210915T0500Z/
Stafford KS-
1133 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...
At 1132 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dillwyn,
moving southeast at 15 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 remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Stafford County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3800 9891 3807 9887 3798 9881 3788 9875
3793 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 304DEG 15KT 3800 9885
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RBURG302
WWUS53 KDDC 150451
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1151 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
KSC185-150501-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-210915T0500Z/
Stafford KS-
1151 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3800 9891 3807 9887 3798 9881 3788 9875
3793 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 334DEG 12KT 3796 9881
$$
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 24 min |
| Sep 14, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 34 min |
| Sep 14, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 23 min |
| Sep 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 30 min |
| Sep 15, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 46 min |
| Sep 15, 12:58 AM CDT | 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.