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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 12, 2021Finney County, Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT for Finney County, Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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°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.

219 
WUUS53 KDDC 130215
SVRDDC
KSC055-101-171-130300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0206.211013T0215Z-211013T0300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Scott County in west central Kansas...
  Lane County in west central Kansas...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 914 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 12 miles north of Healy to 9 miles southeast of
  Friend, moving northeast at 55 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northern Finney, Scott and Lane Counties.

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 10032 3814 10040 3808 10102 3870 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 236DEG 57KT 3878 10065 3814 10082 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SPRINGER
2 follow-up statements
598 
WWUS53 KDDC 130233 RRA
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
933 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

KSC055-101-171-130300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-211013T0300Z/
Finney KS-Scott KS-Lane KS-
933 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...EASTERN SCOTT AND LANE COUNTIES...

At 933 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles east of Gove to 12 miles south of Dighton,
moving northeast at 55 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Dighton, Grigston, Healy, Manning, Pendennis, Amy and Shields. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10032 3814 10040 3810 10081 3870 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 236DEG 57KT 3894 10035 3830 10052 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SPRINGER
680 
WWUS53 KDDC 130251
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
951 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

KSC055-101-171-130301-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-211013T0300Z/
Finney KS-Scott KS-Lane KS-
951 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...EASTERN
SCOTT AND LANE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 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 Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3870 10032 3814 10040 3810 10081 3870 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 236DEG 57KT 3909 10006 3845 10023 

$$

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, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott40 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, 9:22 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.