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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 10:19 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 41 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, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
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WUUS53 KDDC 030319
SVRDDC
KSC051-083-135-145-165-030400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0022.210503T0319Z-210503T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1019 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
Northeastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
Northern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Rush County in central Kansas...
Southeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 1100 PM CDT.
* At 1019 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Walker to near Gray, moving southeast 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...
La Crosse, Victoria, Walker, Otis, Bison, Burdett, Rush Center,
Rozel, Liebenthal, Timken, Ash Valley, Sanford, Loretta, Nekoma,
Frizell, Hargrave, Pfeifer and Shaffer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 9904 3826 9903 3823 9906 3811 9933
3819 9982 3892 9910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 296DEG 32KT 3884 9909 3819 9971
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG2 follow-up statements
588
WWUS53 KDDC 030343
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1043 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC051-083-135-030352-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210503T0400Z/
Ness KS-Hodgeman KS-Ellis KS-
1043 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NESS...
NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
south central and central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3826 9903 3823 9906 3811 9933 3833 9957
3865 9927 3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 296DEG 32KT 3875 9886 3810 9948
$$
KSC145-165-030400-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210503T0400Z/
Pawnee KS-Rush KS-
1043 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN PAWNEE AND RUSH COUNTIES...
At 1042 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Milberger to 6 miles southeast of Burdett, moving
southeast 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...
La Crosse, Otis, Bison, Rush Center, Rozel, Timken, Ash Valley,
Sanford, Loretta, Frizell, Shaffer and Nekoma.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 9903 3823 9906 3811 9933 3833 9957
3865 9927 3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 296DEG 32KT 3875 9886 3810 9948
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RBURG948
WWUS53 KDDC 030355
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1055 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC145-165-030405-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210503T0400Z/
Pawnee KS-Rush KS-
1055 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PAWNEE AND RUSH
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
south central and central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3826 9903 3823 9906 3811 9933 3833 9957
3865 9927 3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 296DEG 32KT 3871 9874 3806 9937
$$
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, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 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, 10:41 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.