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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 20215 counties in Kansas

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
 
$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
308 
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
 
$$

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, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray50 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

Nearby

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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.