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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 14, 2021Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 9:02 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 14, 2021, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 14, 9:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1	19 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 14, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

811 
WUUS53 KDDC 150202
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-171-150245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0044.210515T0202Z-210515T0245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Scott County in west central Kansas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 901 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Modoc to 10 miles west of Friend to 8 miles
  north of Lakin, 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.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3860 10071 3820 10076 3811 10093 3826 10137
      3827 10134 3827 10112 3860 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 330DEG 24KT 3846 10109 3823 10110 3806 10131 

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

SPRINGER

2 follow-up statements

535 
WWUS53 KDDC 150232
SVSDDC

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

KSC093-150242-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210515T0245Z/
Kearny KS-
932 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3860 10071 3820 10076 3818 10096 3823 10110
      3826 10110 3827 10112 3860 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 330DEG 24KT 3829 10097 3806 10098 3789 10119 

$$

KSC055-171-150245-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210515T0245Z/
Finney KS-Scott KS-
932 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SCOTT COUNTIES...

At 932 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Friend to near Holcomb to near Lakin, moving
southeast at 30 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...
Scott City, Shallow Water, Manning, Friend and Modoc. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3860 10071 3820 10076 3818 10096 3823 10110
      3826 10110 3827 10112 3860 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 330DEG 24KT 3829 10097 3806 10098 3789 10119 

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

SPRINGER

247 
WWUS53 KDDC 150244
SVSDDC

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

KSC055-171-150254-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210515T0245Z/
Finney KS-Scott KS-
944 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY AND SCOTT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3860 10071 3820 10076 3818 10096 3823 10110
      3826 10110 3827 10112 3860 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 330DEG 24KT 3823 10093 3800 10094 3783 10115 

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	42 min
May 14, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	19 min
May 14, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	43 min
May 14, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	66 min
May 14, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	56 min
May 14, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	54 min
May 14, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	67 min
May 14, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	57 min
May 14, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	54 min
May 14, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	57 min
May 14, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	49 min
May 14, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott	47 min
May 14, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	50 min
May 14, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	51 min
May 14, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush	40 min
May 14, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	33 min
May 14, 11:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ness, Rush	3 hr
May 14, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	53 min
May 15, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	48 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.