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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 26, 2021Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2021, 8:48 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2021, 9:24 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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 26, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 385 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 418 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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.

078 
WUUS53 KDDC 270148
SVRDDC
KSC195-270245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0222.211027T0148Z-211027T0245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Trego County in west central Kansas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 848 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Trego Center,
  moving east at 25 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Trego Center around 905 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Ogallah and Riga.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3878 9960 3879 10009 3913 10009 3913 9962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 269DEG 20KT 3890 10000 

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

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
022 
WWUS53 KDDC 270203
SVSDDC

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

KSC195-270245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0222.000000T0000Z-211027T0245Z/
Trego KS-
903 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR TREGO COUNTY...

At 903 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Trego
Center, moving east at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Ogallah and Riga.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3878 9960 3879 10006 3913 10004 3913 9962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 269DEG 20KT 3890 9989 

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

$$

SUGDEN
699 
WWUS53 KDDC 270224
SVSDDC

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

KSC195-270234-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0222.000000T0000Z-211027T0245Z/
Trego KS-
924 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TREGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3878 9960 3879 10006 3913 10004 3913 9962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 269DEG 20KT 3890 9974 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord25 min
Oct 26, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness35 min
Oct 26, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego53 min
Oct 26, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord30 min
Oct 26, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman26 min
Oct 26, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman48 min
Oct 26, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness22 min
Oct 26, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Trego44 min
Oct 26, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman31 min
Oct 26, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche50 min
Oct 26, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush63 min
Oct 26, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee36 min
Oct 26, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord36 min
Oct 26, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt46 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.