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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 9:36 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2021, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted.
531 WUUS53 KDDC 030236 SVRDDC KSC025-057-069-083-119-030315- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0020.210503T0236Z-210503T0315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 936 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Ford County in southwestern Kansas... Southern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas... Eastern Meade County in southwestern Kansas... Southeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas... Clark County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 1015 PM CDT. * At 936 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles southeast of Kalvesta to 11 miles west of Englewood, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Dodge City, Ashland, Bucklin, Spearville, Minneola, Fowler, Ford, Bloom, Englewood, Sitka, Clark State Lake, Kingsdown, Howell, Wright, Bellefont, Windhorst, Acres and Ft. Dodge. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3700 10025 3800 10021 3806 9961 3700 9958 TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 262DEG 30KT 3794 10015 3707 10019 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RBURG
2 follow-up statements
857
WWUS53 KDDC 030257
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
957 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC069-030306-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T0315Z/
Gray KS-
957 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3700 10025 3800 10010 3806 9961 3700 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 262DEG 30KT 3796 9995 3709 10000
$$
KSC025-057-083-119-030315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T0315Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-Meade KS-Clark KS-
957 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR FORD...SOUTHERN HODGEMAN...EASTERN MEADE AND CLARK COUNTIES...
At 956 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles south of Jetmore to near Englewood, moving
east at 35 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...
Dodge City, Ashland, Bucklin, Spearville, Minneola, Fowler, Ford,
Bloom, Englewood, Sitka, Clark State Lake, Kingsdown, Wright,
Bellefont, Windhorst, Acres and Ft. Dodge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 10025 3800 10010 3806 9961 3700 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 262DEG 30KT 3796 9995 3709 10000
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG315
WWUS53 KDDC 030309
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1009 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC025-057-083-119-030317-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T0315Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-Meade KS-Clark KS-
1009 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FORD...SOUTHERN HODGEMAN...
EASTERN MEADE AND CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3700 10025 3800 10010 3806 9961 3700 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 262DEG 30KT 3797 9987 3710 9992
$$
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 42 min |
| May 2, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Stanton, Stevens | 43 min |
| May 2, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 35 min |
| May 2, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 47 min |
| May 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 66 min |
| May 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 52 min |
| May 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 44 min |
| May 2, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 34 min |
| May 2, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 51 min |
| May 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 34 min |
| May 2, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 60 min |
| May 2, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| May 2, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 39 min |
| May 2, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 48 min |
| May 2, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa | 64 min |
| May 2, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 41 min |
| May 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 49 min |
| May 2, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 63 min |
| May 2, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 49 min |
| May 2, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 45 min |
| May 3, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.