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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 14, 2021Edwards County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 10:26 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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 14, 2021, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2021, 11:06 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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.

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, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

702 
WUUS53 KDDC 150326
SVRDDC
KSC047-145-165-150430-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0049.210515T0326Z-210515T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1026 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Rush County in central Kansas...
  Northwestern Edwards County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1130 PM CDT.

* At 1026 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near McCracken to near Albert, moving south at 35
  mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Larned, La Crosse, Otis, Bison, Burdett, Garfield, McCracken, Rush
  Center, Rozel, Timken, Alexander, Ash Valley, Sanford, Nekoma,
  Frizell, Hargrave, Zook and Shaffer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3802 9956 3862 9959 3863 9903 3826 9903
      3826 9892 3803 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 353DEG 30KT 3855 9956 3845 9896 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

739 
WWUS53 KDDC 150346
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1046 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSC047-145-165-150430-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-210515T0430Z/
Pawnee KS-Rush KS-Edwards KS-
1046 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PAWNEE...RUSH AND NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...

At 1046 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Alexander to 6 miles southeast of Albert, moving south
at 10 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...
Larned, La Crosse, Otis, Bison, Burdett, Garfield, McCracken, Rush
Center, Rozel, Timken, Alexander, Ash Valley, Sanford, Nekoma,
Frizell, Hargrave, Zook and Shaffer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3802 9956 3862 9959 3863 9903 3826 9903
      3826 9892 3803 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 342DEG 10KT 3847 9954 3837 9894 

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

SUGDEN

376 
WWUS53 KDDC 150406 RRA
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1106 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSC047-145-165-150416-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-210515T0430Z/
Pawnee KS-Rush KS-Edwards KS-
1106 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PAWNEE...RUSH AND NORTHWESTERN
EDWARDS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
south central, central, southwestern and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3802 9956 3862 9959 3863 9903 3826 9903
      3826 9892 3803 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 353DEG 30KT 3831 9951 3821 9892 

$$

SUGDEN

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, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	43 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.