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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 2021Clark County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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

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The text

As transmitted.

747 
WUUS53 KDDC 052324
SVRDDC
KSC025-033-097-060015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0029.210505T2324Z-210506T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
  Comanche County in south central Kansas...
  Clark County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 624 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 10 miles southeast of Bucklin to 8 miles northwest
  of Acres, moving southeast at 35 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...
  Ashland, Coldwater, Protection, Sitka, Lake Coldwater, Acres and
  Buttermilk.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9991 3728 10002 3747 9960 3747 9956
      3749 9955 3752 9948 3707 9903 3700 9918
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 326DEG 29KT 3743 9952 3719 9998 

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

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2 follow-up statements
641 
WWUS53 KDDC 052349
SVSDDC

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

KSC097-052359-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210506T0015Z/
Kiowa KS-
649 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3705 9992 3718 9959 3731 9949 3738 9934
      3707 9903 3700 9918 3700 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 328DEG 39KT 3718 9939 3698 9976 

$$

KSC025-033-060015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210506T0015Z/
Comanche KS-Clark KS-
649 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

At 649 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Protection to 10 miles southeast of Acres, moving
southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Coldwater, Protection, Lake Coldwater and Buttermilk. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3705 9992 3718 9959 3731 9949 3738 9934
      3707 9903 3700 9918 3700 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 328DEG 39KT 3718 9939 3698 9976 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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067 
WWUS53 KDDC 060014
SVSDDC

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

KSC025-033-060024-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210506T0015Z/
Comanche KS-Clark KS-
714 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN
CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3705 9992 3718 9959 3731 9949 3738 9934
      3707 9903 3700 9918 3700 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 326DEG 29KT 3702 9926 3682 9963 

$$

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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, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade26 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.