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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 29, 2021Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2021, 11:09 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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 29, 2021, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
Expired: Sep 30, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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 29, 11:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	4 Wnw Buttermilk, KS

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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 981 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

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The text

As transmitted.

789 
WUUS53 KDDC 300409
SVRDDC
KSC025-033-300515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0198.210930T0409Z-210930T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1109 PM CDT Wed Sep 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Comanche County in south central Kansas...
  Southeastern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 1109 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Buttermilk,
  moving northwest 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Protection and Sitka.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3712 9932 3705 9935 3711 9970 3726 9963
      3737 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 134DEG 15KT 3712 9941 

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

$$

FINCH

3 follow-up statements

120 
WWUS53 KDDC 300431
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1131 PM CDT Wed Sep 29 2021

KSC025-033-300515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-210930T0515Z/
Comanche KS-Clark KS-
1131 PM CDT Wed Sep 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES...

At 1131 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Protection,
moving northwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Protection and Sitka. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9936 3709 9943 3711 9970 3726 9963
      3737 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 128DEG 12KT 3715 9947 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

FINCH

848 
WWUS53 KDDC 300455
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1155 PM CDT Wed Sep 29 2021

KSC025-033-300515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-210930T0515Z/
Comanche KS-Clark KS-
1155 PM CDT Wed Sep 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL COMANCHE AND EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES...

At 1155 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Protection,
and is nearly stationary.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Protection and Sitka. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9946 3710 9945 3711 9970 3726 9963
      3726 9949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 104DEG 3KT 3714 9950 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

FINCH

607 
WWUS53 KDDC 300515
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1215 AM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

KSC025-033-300525-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-210930T0515Z/
Comanche KS-Clark KS-
1215 AM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL COMANCHE AND EAST
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 has been allowed to expire.  However small
hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3715 9946 3710 9945 3711 9970 3726 9963
      3726 9949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 115DEG 7KT 3716 9955 

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 29, 10:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	6 hr
Sep 30, 1:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Grant	3 hr

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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.