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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 4:12 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 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 24, 2021, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2021, 4:33 PM MDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 24, 12:29 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 242212
SVRDDC
KSC075-242300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0065.210524T2212Z-210524T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
412 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 500 PM MDT.
* At 412 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Coolidge,
moving east at 15 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Syracuse.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for southwestern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3813 10205 3815 10204 3817 10170 3798 10172
3797 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 271DEG 12KT 3807 10196
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNER2 follow-up statements
932
WWUS53 KDDC 242225
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
425 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
KSC075-242300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210524T2300Z/
Hamilton KS-
425 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...
At 425 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Coolidge,
moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Hamilton County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for southwestern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3809 10199 3815 10198 3817 10170 3805 10172
3800 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 258DEG 13KT 3810 10190
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNER353
WWUS53 KDDC 242233
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
433 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
KSC075-242242-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210524T2300Z/
Hamilton KS-
433 PM MDT Mon May 24 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened
below severe limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3809 10199 3815 10198 3817 10170 3805 10172
3800 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 271DEG 12KT 3810 10187
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 51 min |
| May 24, 1:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 55 min |
| May 24, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 63 min |
| May 24, 2:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 46 min |
| May 24, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 66 min |
| May 24, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 55 min |
| May 24, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 67 min |
| May 24, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 57 min |
| May 24, 3:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 3 hr |
| May 24, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 33 min |
| May 24, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 55 min |
| May 24, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 56 min |
| May 24, 5:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 12 hr |
| May 24, 5:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 37 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 46 min |
| May 24, 5:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 31 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.