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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 082200
SVRDDC
KSC083-135-082245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0030.210508T2200Z-210508T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
500 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Ness County in west central Kansas...
Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 500 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
Kalvesta, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Jetmore and Hanston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3792 10019 3822 10019 3832 9973 3801 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 243DEG 25KT 3803 10011
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO3 follow-up statements
747
WWUS53 KDDC 082215
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
515 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC083-135-082245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210508T2245Z/
Ness KS-Hodgeman KS-
515 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...
At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jetmore, moving
east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Jetmore and Hanston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 10011 3823 10014 3832 9973 3801 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 251DEG 28KT 3808 9999
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO402 WWUS53 KDDC 082224 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 524 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 KSC083-135-082245- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210508T2245Z/ Ness KS-Hodgeman KS- 524 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND NORTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES... At 524 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jetmore, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Jetmore and Hanston. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3803 10006 3824 10010 3832 9973 3805 9970 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 243DEG 25KT 3811 9992 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ TATRO
934
WWUS53 KDDC 082236
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
536 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC083-135-082245-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210508T2245Z/
Ness KS-Hodgeman KS-
536 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NESS AND
NORTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3803 10006 3824 10010 3832 9973 3805 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 243DEG 25KT 3814 9984
$$
TATROThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 5:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 14 hr |
| May 8, 4:56 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 9 hr |
| May 8, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 33 min |
| May 8, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 23 min |
| May 8, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 39 min |
| May 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 37 min |
| May 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 21 min |
| May 8, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 41 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.