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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2021, 5:41 PM CDT for 5 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 5, 2021, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
087
WUUS53 KDDC 052241
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-069-097-119-052330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0027.210505T2241Z-210505T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
541 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Southwestern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
Northeastern Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
East central Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
Northern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 539 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast
of Ensign, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated and spotter reported. Quarter size hail
was reported 2 miles northwest of Dodge City at 532 PM
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Bucklin, Minneola, Mullinville, Ford, Ensign, Bloom,
Clark State Lake, Kingsdown, Wright and Ft. Dodge.
This new warning will replace the previous warning for western
Ford and northeaster Gray County.
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 3717 9996 3766 10031 3782 9990 3755 9931
3738 9953 3738 9954 3737 9954 3733 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 314DEG 23KT 3760 10011
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KDDC 052303
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
603 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
KSC069-052313-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-210505T2330Z/
Gray KS-
603 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3748 10018 3758 9989 3772 9968 3755 9931
3738 9953 3738 9954 3737 9954 3733 9959
3717 9996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 311DEG 35KT 3766 9964 3747 9977 3735 10008
$$
KSC025-057-097-119-052330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-210505T2330Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Meade KS-Clark KS-
603 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND
NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES...
At 603 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles east of Ford to near Kingsdown to 6 miles east
of Fowler, moving southeast at 40 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...
Bucklin, Minneola, Mullinville, Ford, Bloom, Clark State Lake and
Kingsdown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3748 10018 3758 9989 3772 9968 3755 9931
3738 9953 3738 9954 3737 9954 3733 9959
3717 9996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 311DEG 35KT 3766 9964 3747 9977 3735 10008
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 39 min |
| May 5, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Lane | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 51 min |
| May 5, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| May 5, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 42 min |
| May 5, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 51 min |
| May 5, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 44 min |
| May 5, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 36 min |
| May 5, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 50 min |
| May 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 26 min |
| May 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 51 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.