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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 15, 2021Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 10:11 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 10:34 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 51 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

850 
WUUS53 KDDC 160311
SVRDDC
KSC069-160345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0052.210516T0311Z-210516T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1011 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Gray County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 1010 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Montezuma, moving north at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Cimarron, Ingalls and Charleston around 1030 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3759 10047 3763 10063 3798 10056 3795 10025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 201DEG 31KT 3770 10054 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TATRO

2 follow-up statements

982 
WWUS53 KDDC 160321
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1021 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

KSC069-160345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210516T0345Z/
Gray KS-
1021 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

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

At 1020 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ingalls,
moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Public reported golf ball sized hail 4 miles west of 
         Montezuma at 1006 PM.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe storm will be near...
  Ingalls and Charleston around 1025 PM CDT.
  Cimarron around 1030 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3767 10042 3770 10062 3798 10056 3795 10025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 201DEG 31KT 3778 10050 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TATRO

221 
WWUS53 KDDC 160334
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1034 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

KSC069-160344-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210516T0345Z/
Gray KS-
1034 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3767 10042 3770 10062 3798 10056 3795 10025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 201DEG 31KT 3790 10044 

$$

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, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stevens	38 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.