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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 12, 2021Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2021, 8:35 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
Oct 12, 2021, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 12, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2021-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 441 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 383 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

846 
WUUS53 KDDC 130135
SVRDDC
KSC101-171-130215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0202.211013T0135Z-211013T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
835 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Scott County in west central Kansas...
  Northwestern Lane County in west central Kansas...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 835 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 11 miles west of Scott State Lake to near Modoc to
  14 miles southeast of Leoti, moving northeast at 55 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.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Scott State Lake around 850 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Scott City and Manning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
and west central Kansas.

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
and west central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10062 3831 10081 3826 10112 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 227DEG 52KT 3874 10113 3851 10112 3829 10124 

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

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton36 min
Oct 12, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton29 min
Oct 12, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton, Stanton39 min
Oct 12, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton42 min
Oct 12, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton32 min
Oct 12, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens43 min
Oct 12, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton47 min
Oct 12, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens38 min
Oct 12, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott21 min
Oct 12, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens53 min
Oct 12, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott45 min
Oct 12, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward23 min
Oct 12, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGray, Haskell26 min
Oct 12, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more44 min
Oct 12, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego38 min
Oct 12, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness21 min
Oct 12, 10:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray11 min
Oct 12, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord31 min
Oct 12, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade40 min
Oct 12, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCHodgeman, Ness39 min
Oct 12, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman24 min
Oct 12, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush58 min
Oct 12, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa54 min
Oct 12, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade67 min
Oct 12, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Meade17 min
Oct 12, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis27 min
Oct 12, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa32 min
Oct 12, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford38 min
Oct 12, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa35 min
Oct 13, 12:12 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford18 min
Oct 13, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatDDCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more58 min
Oct 13, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCBarber, Comanche, Pratt, Stafford66 min
Oct 13, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber29 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.