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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 6, 2021Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 7:26 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 10 reports 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
Apr 6, 2021, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 6, 7:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.253 S Sanford, KSREPORTS OF QUARTERS TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
Apr 6, 7:33 PM CDTHAIL 2Frizell, KSREPORTS OF 2 INCH SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF FT. LARNED.
Apr 6, 7:34 PM CDTHAIL 1Frizell, KSPENNY TO QUARTERS COVERING THE GROUND WAS REPORTED.
Apr 6, 7:34 PM CDTHAIL 1Frizell, KSCORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM FRIZELL. PENNY TO QUARTERS COVERING THE GROUND WAS REPORTED.
Apr 6, 7:44 PM CDTHAIL 2.5Frizell, KS2.5 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED.
Apr 6, 7:44 PM CDTHAIL 2.5Frizell, KSCORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM FRIZELL. 2.5 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED.
Apr 6, 7:50 PM CDTHAIL 15 Se Ash Valley, KSREPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
Apr 6, 8:05 PM CDTHAIL 1.55 Se Ash Valley, KS1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED.
Apr 6, 8:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Larned, KSSOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
Apr 6, 8:25 PM CDTHAIL 1Larned, KSREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

967 
WUUS53 KDDC 070026
SVRDDC
KSC145-165-070115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0007.210407T0026Z-210407T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
726 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
  Southeastern Rush County in central Kansas...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 726 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Frizell,
  moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Larned, Garfield, Ash Valley, Sanford and Frizell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3802 9926 3822 9937 3840 9903 3826 9903
      3826 9892 3809 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 243DEG 15KT 3815 9925 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
118 
WWUS53 KDDC 070052
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
752 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

KSC165-070102-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210407T0115Z/
Rush KS-
752 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central and central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3811 9892 3809 9926 3824 9933 3835 9904
      3826 9903 3826 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 245DEG 14KT 3820 9914 

$$

KSC145-070115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210407T0115Z/
Pawnee KS-
752 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY...

At 752 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Larned, moving
northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Larned and Frizell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3811 9892 3809 9926 3824 9933 3835 9904
      3826 9903 3826 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 245DEG 14KT 3820 9914 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush59 min
Apr 6, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford60 min
Apr 6, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford36 min
Apr 6, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt, Stafford46 min
Apr 6, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt54 min
Apr 6, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber55 min
Apr 7, 3:59 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Morton, Ness and 4 more15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.