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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 26, 20214 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2021, 9:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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, 9:12 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 W Offerle, KS	QUARTER INCH HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 50 WEST OF OFFERLE.

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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 352 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: 791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

856 
WUUS53 KDDC 270209
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-083-145-270245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0223.211027T0209Z-211027T0245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Western Edwards County in south central Kansas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 909 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Offerle,
  moving northeast at 45 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...
  Kinsley around 925 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3774 9954 3781 9969 3813 9953 3804 9928
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 208DEG 30KT 3785 9957 

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

$$

SPRINGER

2 follow-up statements

980 
WWUS53 KDDC 270223
SVSDDC

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

KSC047-057-083-145-270245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0223.000000T0000Z-211027T0245Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-Pawnee KS-Edwards KS-
923 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE
AND NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...

At 923 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kinsley, moving
northeast at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Ford, southeastern Hodgeman, southwestern Pawnee and
northwestern Edwards Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 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 3777 9953 3783 9967 3813 9953 3804 9928
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 208DEG 30KT 3795 9950 

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

$$

SPRINGER

529 
WWUS53 KDDC 270241
SVSDDC

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

KSC047-057-083-145-270251-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0223.000000T0000Z-211027T0245Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-Pawnee KS-Edwards KS-
941 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD...
SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3777 9953 3783 9967 3813 9953 3804 9928
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 208DEG 30KT 3807 9942 

$$

SPRINGER

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, 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, 9:24 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.