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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 11:05 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2021, 11:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
040
WUUS53 KDDC 150405
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-083-135-145-165-150500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0050.210515T0405Z-210515T0500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1105 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Southeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Rush County in central Kansas...
Northwestern Edwards County in south central Kansas...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 1104 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Otis to 7 miles east of Kalvesta, moving
southeast at 35 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.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Otis, Bison, Timken and Shaffer around 1110 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Jetmore.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 9903 3826 9895 3813 9894 3778 10009
3827 10022 3867 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 293DEG 31KT 3854 9911 3810 10015
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
713
WWUS53 KDDC 150420
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1120 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
KSC135-150430-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210515T0500Z/
Ness KS-
1120 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning has moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
south central, central and southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3826 9903 3826 9895 3813 9894 3778 10009
3814 10017 3826 9957 3861 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 293DEG 31KT 3849 9896 3805 10000
$$
KSC047-057-083-145-165-150500-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210515T0500Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-Pawnee KS-Rush KS-Edwards KS-
1120 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD...HODGEMAN...PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN RUSH AND
NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...
At 1120 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Olmitz to 6 miles southwest of Jetmore, moving
southeast at 35 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.
These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee, southeastern Rush and
northwestern Edwards Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 9903 3826 9895 3813 9894 3778 10009
3814 10017 3826 9957 3861 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 293DEG 31KT 3849 9896 3805 10000
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN130
WWUS53 KDDC 150438
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1138 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
KSC047-057-083-145-165-150448-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210515T0500Z/
Ford KS-Hodgeman KS-Pawnee KS-Rush KS-Edwards KS-
1138 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD...
HODGEMAN...PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN RUSH AND NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
south central, central and southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3826 9903 3826 9895 3813 9894 3778 10009
3814 10017 3826 9957 3861 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 293DEG 31KT 3843 9878 3799 9982
$$
SUGDENThe 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, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush | 40 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.