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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 26, 2021Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2021, 7:59 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 26, 2021, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2021, 8:21 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 40 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 26, 8:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	12 Nnw Jetmore, KS	CENTER PIVOT OVERTURNED. LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN. SHED DOOR BLOWN IN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 340 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: 385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 418 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 529 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

563 
WUUS53 KDDC 270059
SVRDDC
KSC083-135-270200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0221.211027T0059Z-211027T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
759 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Central Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 759 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest
  of Jetmore, moving northeast at 30 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...
  Jetmore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM 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 100 AM CDT for southwestern
and west central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3795 9998 3801 10015 3826 10015 3838 9976
      3815 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 212DEG 25KT 3802 10005 

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

$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

814 
WWUS53 KDDC 270118
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
818 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

KSC083-135-270200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0221.000000T0000Z-211027T0200Z/
Ness KS-Hodgeman KS-
818 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

At 818 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jetmore, moving
northeast at 30 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...
Jetmore and Hanston. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
and west central Kansas.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3795 9998 3806 9999 3829 10001 3838 9976
      3815 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 212DEG 25KT 3814 9996 

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

$$

SUGDEN

067 
WWUS53 KDDC 270121
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
821 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

KSC083-135-270131-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0221.000000T0000Z-211027T0200Z/
Ness KS-Hodgeman KS-
821 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND EASTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3795 9998 3806 9999 3829 10001 3838 9976
      3815 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 212DEG 25KT 3816 9994 

$$

SUGDEN

The 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, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.