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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 2021Clark County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2021, 6:16 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2021, 6:42 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.

942 
WUUS53 KDDC 052316
SVRDDC
KSC025-119-060000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0028.210505T2316Z-210506T0000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 616 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
  Meade State Park, moving southeast at 40 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Englewood, Meade State Park and Acres. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3719 10052 3723 10000 3700 9979 3700 10047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 309DEG 34KT 3714 10031 

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

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
197 
WWUS53 KDDC 052342
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-119-052352-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210506T0000Z/
Meade KS-Clark KS-
642 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEADE AND
SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3719 10052 3723 10000 3700 9979 3700 10047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 309DEG 34KT 3698 10007 

$$

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, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade49 min
May 5, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade, Seward45 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.