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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 14, 2021Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 7:08 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports 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 14, 2021, 7:08 PM MDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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 14, 7:18 PM MDTHAIL 0.8810 Nne Syracuse, KS
May 14, 8:08 PM MDTHAIL 119 Nnw Deerfield, KS

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 3:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2021-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1153 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
1153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted.

835 
WUUS53 KDDC 150108
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-150215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0041.210515T0108Z-210515T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
808 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 915 PM CDT/815 PM MDT/.

* At 808 PM CDT/708 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 9
  miles north of Syracuse, moving east at 25 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Hamilton and northwestern Kearny Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10177 3826 10122 3795 10124 3800 10179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 275DEG 22KT 3812 10170 

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

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
623 
WWUS53 KDDC 150117
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
817 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSC075-093-150215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210515T0215Z/
Hamilton KS-Kearny KS-
817 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM
CDT/815 PM MDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY
COUNTIES...

At 817 PM CDT/717 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles
northeast of Syracuse, moving east at 25 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Hamilton and northwestern Kearny Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10177 3826 10122 3795 10124 3800 10179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 275DEG 22KT 3812 10163 

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

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton42 min
May 14, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton19 min
May 14, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis43 min
May 14, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis66 min
May 14, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego56 min
May 14, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush54 min
May 14, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush57 min
May 14, 7:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego54 min
May 14, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott43 min
May 14, 8:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego57 min
May 14, 8:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush49 min
May 14, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott47 min
May 14, 8:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton50 min
May 14, 9:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness51 min
May 14, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Rush40 min
May 14, 10:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush33 min
May 14, 10:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningDDCNess, Rush3 hr
May 14, 10:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Pawnee53 min
May 14, 11:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.