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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2021, 7:57 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 26, 2021, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 270057
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-270145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0220.211027T0057Z-211027T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
757 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
South central Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 845 PM CDT.
* At 757 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Dodge City to 6 miles northwest of Minneola,
moving northeast at 40 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...
Dodge City around 800 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Ft.
Dodge and Wright.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3748 10015 3781 10015 3797 9986 3761 9982
3747 10012
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 210DEG 32KT 3778 10004 3749 10011
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER3 follow-up statements
659
WWUS53 KDDC 270112
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
812 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
KSC057-083-270145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-211027T0145Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-
812 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL FORD AND SOUTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...
At 811 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northwest of Wright to 9 miles north of
Minneola, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ft. Dodge, Dodge City and Wright.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3797 9986 3767 9983 3759 10006 3785 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 210DEG 32KT 3787 9997 3758 10004
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER656
WWUS53 KDDC 270124
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
824 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
KSC057-083-270145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-211027T0145Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-
824 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL FORD AND SOUTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...
At 824 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles south of Jetmore to near Ft. Dodge, moving
northeast at 40 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, Wright and Ft. Dodge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3770 9983 3768 9999 3788 10002 3797 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 210DEG 32KT 3795 9991 3766 9998
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER359
WWUS53 KDDC 270136
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
836 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
KSC057-083-270145-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-211027T0145Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-
836 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FORD AND SOUTH
CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3770 9983 3768 9999 3788 10002 3797 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 210DEG 32KT 3802 9986 3773 9993
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 53 min |
| Oct 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 26 min |
| Oct 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 22 min |
| Oct 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Trego | 44 min |
| Oct 26, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 31 min |
| Oct 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 63 min |
| Oct 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 46 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.