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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 7:27 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
- May 16, 2021, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 8:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 3 Wsw Hargrave, KS | REPORTS OF 60-70 MPH WIND GUSTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
411 WUUS53 KDDC 170027 SVRDDC KSC165-170115- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0057.210517T0027Z-210517T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 727 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Rush County in central Kansas... * Until 815 PM CDT. * At 727 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Hargrave, moving south at 5 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Alexander and Nekoma. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3860 9949 3854 9932 3842 9937 3847 9958 TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 022DEG 5KT 3853 9944 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ GERARD
1 follow-up statement
719
WWUS53 KDDC 170101
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
801 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
KSC165-170111-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210517T0115Z/
Rush KS-
801 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3860 9949 3854 9932 3842 9937 3847 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 022DEG 5KT 3849 9946
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 42 min |
| May 16, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 40 min |
| May 16, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 38 min |
| May 16, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 44 min |
| May 16, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 42 min |
| May 16, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 52 min |
| May 16, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| May 16, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 45 min |
| May 16, 9:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 6 hr |
| May 16, 10:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ness | 6 hr |
| May 16, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 38 min |
| May 16, 10:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Lane | 6 hr |
| May 16, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 42 min |
| May 16, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 30 min |
| May 16, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 29 min |
| May 16, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 27 min |
| May 16, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 49 min |
| May 16, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny | 3 hr |
| May 17, 12:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Scott | 3 hr |
| May 17, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 38 min |
| May 17, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Gray | 3 hr |
| May 17, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 61 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.