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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 12, 20215 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2021, 10:53 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 67 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, 10:53 PM CDT (03:53 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 12, 3:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 12, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 64 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

985 
WUUS53 KDDC 130353
SVRDDC
KSC025-033-057-097-119-130500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0213.211013T0353Z-211013T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1053 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
  Southeastern Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
  Comanche County in south central Kansas...
  Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1053 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Bloom to near Knowles, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Bloom around 1100 PM CDT.
  Clark State Lake around 1105 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Wilmore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Kansas.

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10026 3751 10009 3749 9920 3700 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 276DEG 47KT 3745 9994 3692 10020 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

TATRO

2 follow-up statements

231 
WWUS53 KDDC 130414
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1114 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

KSC119-130424-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-211013T0500Z/
Meade KS-
1114 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have  moved out of the warned 
area.  Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3700 10008 3751 9994 3749 9920 3700 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 271DEG 47KT 3746 9982 3715 9977 3692 9991 

$$

KSC025-033-057-097-130500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-211013T0500Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Comanche KS-Clark KS-
1114 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...COMANCHE AND CLARK
COUNTIES...

At 1114 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Bloom to near Ashland to 7 miles north of
Rosston, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
  Sitka, Protection, Coldwater, Buttermilk, Lake Coldwater and 
  Wilmore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Kansas.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10008 3751 9994 3749 9920 3700 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 271DEG 47KT 3746 9982 3715 9977 3692 9991 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

TATRO

618 
WWUS53 KDDC 130435
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1135 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

KSC025-033-057-097-130500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-211013T0500Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Comanche KS-Clark KS-
1135 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...COMANCHE AND EASTERN
CLARK COUNTIES...

At 1134 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles southeast of Bucklin to near Sitka to near
Buffalo, moving east at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Ashland, Coldwater, Protection, Sitka, Wilmore, Lake Coldwater and
Buttermilk.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Kansas.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9984 3750 9966 3749 9920 3700 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 274DEG 38KT 3744 9952 3714 9958 3690 9963 

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

$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	36 min
Oct 12, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	29 min
Oct 12, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	39 min
Oct 12, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	42 min
Oct 12, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	32 min
Oct 12, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens	43 min
Oct 12, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	47 min
Oct 12, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	40 min
Oct 12, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens	38 min
Oct 12, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	21 min
Oct 12, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens	53 min
Oct 12, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	45 min
Oct 12, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	23 min
Oct 12, 9:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell	26 min
Oct 12, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more	44 min
Oct 12, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	38 min
Oct 12, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	21 min
Oct 12, 10:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	11 min
Oct 12, 10:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford	31 min
Oct 12, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade	40 min
Oct 12, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	39 min
Oct 12, 10:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	24 min
Oct 12, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	58 min
Oct 12, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa	54 min
Oct 12, 10:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	17 min
Oct 12, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	27 min
Oct 12, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa	32 min
Oct 12, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	38 min
Oct 12, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	35 min
Oct 13, 12:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	18 min
Oct 13, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more	58 min
Oct 13, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Pratt, Stafford	66 min
Oct 13, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	29 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.