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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 2021Ford County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2021, 5:10 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 4 reports 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
May 5, 2021, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 5:32 PM CDTHAIL 12 Nw Dodge City, KS
May 5, 5:33 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 Nnw Dodge City, KSREPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).
May 5, 5:35 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 N Dodge City, KSSOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF PING PONG TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
May 5, 5:39 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 623 Ene Dodge City, KSASOS STATION KDDC DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

119 
WUUS53 KDDC 052210
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-052300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0026.210505T2210Z-210505T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
510 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 510 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
  Howell, moving southeast 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...
  Dodge City, Ensign, Ft. Dodge and Howell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3753 10023 3790 10036 3794 10023 3791 10022
      3791 10011 3765 9974
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 318DEG 25KT 3789 10024 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
945 
WWUS53 KDDC 052246
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
546 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021

KSC057-069-052300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210505T2300Z/
Ford KS-Gray KS-
546 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES...

At 545 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dodge City,
moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated and automated weather station report. A 62
         mph wind gust was recorded at Dodge City Airport at 539 PM.

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

Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Ensign and Ft. Dodge. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3753 10022 3766 10028 3767 10028 3779 9998
      3765 9974
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 318DEG 25KT 3770 10003 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane, Scott39 min
May 5, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Lane43 min
May 5, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney51 min
May 5, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman49 min
May 5, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell42 min
May 5, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord51 min
May 5, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell44 min
May 5, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell36 min
May 5, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade49 min
May 5, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade, Seward45 min
May 5, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade26 min
May 5, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa51 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.