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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 15, 2021Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 10:07 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 15, 2021, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 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 15, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 1303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 5.1

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The text

As transmitted.

821 
WUUS53 KDDC 160307
SVRDDC
KSC189-160345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0051.210516T0307Z-210516T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1007 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Stevens County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 1007 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 11 miles east of Richfield to 9 miles northeast of
  Hough, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Moscow and Hugoton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10153 3739 10155 3739 10110 3700 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 257DEG 29KT 3732 10159 3698 10146 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TATRO

2 follow-up statements

124 
WWUS53 KDDC 160322
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1022 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

KSC189-160345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210516T0345Z/
Stevens KS-
1022 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR STEVENS COUNTY...

At 1021 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 11 miles west of Moscow to 10 miles north of Hooker,
moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Hugoton, Moscow, Woods and Cave. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10143 3739 10151 3739 10110 3700 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 260DEG 36KT 3734 10141 3700 10128 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TATRO

741 
WWUS53 KDDC 160337
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1037 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

KSC189-160347-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210516T0345Z/
Stevens KS-
1037 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEVENS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1045 PM CDT...
            
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3700 10143 3739 10151 3739 10110 3700 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 257DEG 29KT 3737 10127 3703 10114 

$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	49 min
May 15, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	41 min
May 15, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	35 min
May 15, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton, Stevens	48 min
May 15, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	46 min
May 15, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	43 min
May 15, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	42 min
May 15, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	23 min
May 15, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Wichita	41 min
May 15, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	52 min
May 15, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	49 min
May 15, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	44 min
May 15, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	41 min
May 15, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	36 min
May 15, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	42 min
May 15, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	18 min
May 15, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	38 min
May 15, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell, Seward	47 min
May 15, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	34 min
May 15, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	14 min
May 15, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	23 min
May 15, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Gray, Meade	43 min
May 16, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	45 min
May 16, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	27 min
May 16, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	45 min
May 16, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	47 min
May 16, 1:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Scott	3 hr
May 16, 3:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DDC	Lane, Scott	25 hr
May 16, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	56 min
May 16, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	51 min
May 16, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	40 min
May 16, 6:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Rush	3 hr

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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.