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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 13, 2021Clark County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2021, 9:16 PM CST for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
Mar 13, 2021, 9:16 PM CST (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2021, 10:00 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2021-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 199 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 469 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
199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
469 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
534 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

657 
WUUS53 KDDC 140316
SVRDDC
KSC025-119-140400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0004.210314T0316Z-210314T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
916 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

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

* Until 1000 PM CST.

* At 916 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Knowles, or
  11 miles southwest of Englewood, moving north at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Ashland, Minneola, Fowler, Englewood, Clark State Lake and Acres. 

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 3746 10018 3743 9964 3700 9985 3700 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 200DEG 47KT 3697 10018 

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

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
146 
WWUS53 KDDC 140335
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
935 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

KSC025-119-140400-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210314T0400Z/
Meade KS-Clark KS-
935 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR EASTERN MEADE AND CLARK COUNTIES...

At 935 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest of
Englewood, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Ashland, Minneola, Fowler, Englewood, Clark State Lake and Acres. 

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 3746 10018 3743 9964 3700 9985 3700 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 204DEG 38KT 3716 10007 

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

SUGDEN
626 
WWUS53 KDDC 140350
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
950 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

KSC025-119-140400-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210314T0400Z/
Meade KS-Clark KS-
950 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MEADE AND CLARK
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CST...
                
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.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3746 10018 3743 9964 3700 9985 3700 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 200DEG 47KT 3731 10000 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 6:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray42 min
Mar 13, 9:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray45 min
Mar 13, 10:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark41 min
Mar 13, 11:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord38 min
Mar 13, 11:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny37 min
Mar 14, 12:13 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Hodgeman47 min
Mar 14, 12:49 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark41 min
Mar 14, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton33 min
Mar 14, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton35 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.