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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 13, 2021Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2021, 9:50 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2021, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 10:17 PM CDTHAIL 0.889 N Modoc, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-14Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

861 
WUUS53 KDDC 140250
SVRDDC
KSC171-140345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0036.210514T0250Z-210514T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
950 PM CDT Thu May 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Scott County in west central Kansas...

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 949 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
  Scott State Lake, moving southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Modoc, Scott City and Shallow Water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10069 3827 10112 3869 10113 3870 10079
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 336DEG 26KT 3867 10111 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
064 
WWUS53 KDDC 140329
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1029 PM CDT Thu May 13 2021

KSC171-140345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210514T0345Z/
Scott KS-
1029 PM CDT Thu May 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY...

At 1029 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Scott City,
moving southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Scott City, Shallow Water and Modoc. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10076 3827 10112 3853 10112 3860 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 331DEG 34KT 3846 10099 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

GERARD
183 
WWUS53 KDDC 140339
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1039 PM CDT Thu May 13 2021

KSC171-140349-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210514T0345Z/
Scott KS-
1039 PM CDT Thu May 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1045 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.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Dodge City.

LAT...LON 3827 10076 3827 10112 3853 10112 3860 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 336DEG 26KT 3839 10095 

$$

GERARD

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.