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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 6, 2021Edwards County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 6:39 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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
Apr 6, 2021, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 6, 7:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.253 S Sanford, KSREPORTS OF QUARTERS TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
Apr 6, 7:33 PM CDTHAIL 2Frizell, KSREPORTS OF 2 INCH SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF FT. LARNED.
Apr 6, 7:34 PM CDTHAIL 1Frizell, KSPENNY TO QUARTERS COVERING THE GROUND WAS REPORTED.
Apr 6, 7:34 PM CDTHAIL 1Frizell, KSCORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM FRIZELL. PENNY TO QUARTERS COVERING THE GROUND WAS REPORTED.

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
Apr 6, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 475 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 451 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-533 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
451 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
418 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

321 
WUUS53 KDDC 062339
SVRDDC
KSC047-145-165-070030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0005.210406T2339Z-210407T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
639 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Southeastern Rush County in central Kansas...
  North central Edwards County in south central Kansas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 639 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
  Garfield, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Larned, Otis, Garfield, Rozel, Timken, Ash Valley, Sanford, Frizell
  and Shaffer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 9903 3826 9894 3820 9893 3800 9933
      3811 9951 3866 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 223DEG 32KT 3808 9938 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
584 
WWUS53 KDDC 070002
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
702 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC047-070011-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210407T0030Z/
Edwards KS-
702 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3866 9903 3826 9903 3826 9894 3820 9893
      3804 9928 3815 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 225DEG 26KT 3819 9929 

$$

KSC145-165-070030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210407T0030Z/
Pawnee KS-Rush KS-
702 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PAWNEE AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES...

At 701 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Sanford,
moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Larned, Otis, Garfield, Rozel, Timken, Ash Valley, Sanford, Frizell
and Shaffer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3866 9903 3826 9903 3826 9894 3820 9893
      3804 9928 3815 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 225DEG 26KT 3819 9929 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 2:43 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens18 hr
Apr 6, 11:03 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more14 hr
Apr 6, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee41 min
Apr 6, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush41 min
Apr 6, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush46 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.