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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 15, 2021Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 11:05 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 11:23 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.

605 
WUUS53 KDDC 160405
SVRDDC
KSC185-160445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0054.210516T0405Z-210516T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1105 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Stafford County in south central Kansas...

* Until 1145 PM CDT.

* At 1104 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Seward,
  moving north at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  north central Stafford County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3813 9873 3813 9883 3826 9887 3826 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 176DEG 29KT 3819 9879 

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

TATRO

2 follow-up statements

404 
WWUS53 KDDC 160418
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1118 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

KSC185-160445-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-210516T0445Z/
Stafford KS-
1118 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY...

At 1117 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Seward, moving
north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Seward.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3816 9873 3816 9884 3826 9887 3826 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 193DEG 18KT 3823 9878 

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

TATRO

986 
WWUS53 KDDC 160423
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1123 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

KSC185-160433-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-210516T0445Z/
Stafford KS-
1123 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL STAFFORD 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
south central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3816 9873 3816 9884 3826 9887 3826 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 176DEG 29KT 3829 9878 

$$

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, 10:11 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, 11:07 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.