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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 10:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 49 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, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.
910 WUUS53 KDDC 030341 SVRDDC KSC047-097-151-185-030430- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0023.210503T0341Z-210503T0430Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1041 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Kiowa County in south central Kansas... Southwestern Stafford County in south central Kansas... Southern Edwards County in south central Kansas... Western Pratt County in south central Kansas... * Until 1130 PM CDT. * At 1040 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of Greensburg, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Pratt, Greensburg, Haviland, Macksville, Mullinville, Iuka, Cullison, Coats, Byers, Fellsburg, Hopewell, Wellsford, Croft, Centerview and Trousdale. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3748 9873 3748 9952 3787 9952 3799 9872 TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 264DEG 39KT 3771 9928 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ RBURG
2 follow-up statements
138 WWUS53 KDDC 030405 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1105 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021 KSC047-097-151-185-030430- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210503T0430Z/ Kiowa KS-Stafford KS-Edwards KS-Pratt KS- 1105 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR KIOWA...SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD...SOUTHERN EDWARDS AND WESTERN PRATT COUNTIES... At 1104 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hopewell, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Pratt, Greensburg, Haviland, Macksville, Mullinville, Iuka, Cullison, Coats, Byers, Fellsburg, Hopewell, Wellsford, Croft, Centerview and Trousdale. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3748 9873 3748 9952 3787 9952 3799 9872 TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 264DEG 39KT 3774 9895 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ RBURG
779
WWUS53 KDDC 030423
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1123 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC047-097-030432-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210503T0430Z/
Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-
1123 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KIOWA AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has 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 Kansas.
LAT...LON 3748 9873 3748 9892 3797 9885 3799 9872
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 264DEG 39KT 3776 9870
$$
KSC151-185-030430-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210503T0430Z/
Stafford KS-Pratt KS-
1123 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STAFFORD AND WESTERN PRATT COUNTIES...
At 1122 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Iuka, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Pratt, Iuka, Coats and Byers.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3748 9873 3748 9892 3797 9885 3799 9872
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 264DEG 39KT 3776 9870
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 41 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.