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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 6:29 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 152 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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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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 520 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
199
WUUS53 KDDC 250029
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-250115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0071.210525T0029Z-210525T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
729 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
West central Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/.
* At 729 PM CDT/629 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Syracuse, moving southeast at 5 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...
Kendall.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT/800 PM MDT/ for
southwestern Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3790 10182 3802 10165 3794 10147 3775 10170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 324DEG 6KT 3791 10168
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNER1 follow-up statement
607 WWUS53 KDDC 250051 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 751 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021 KSC075-093-250115- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-210525T0115Z/ Hamilton KS-Kearny KS- 751 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/ FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND WEST CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTIES... At 750 PM CDT/650 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kendall, moving southeast at 5 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Kendall. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT/800 PM MDT/ for southwestern Kansas. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3790 10182 3802 10165 3794 10147 3775 10170 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 324DEG 6KT 3788 10165 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 4 hr |
| May 24, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 48 min |
| May 24, 6:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 48 min |
| May 24, 6:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 12 hr |
| May 24, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 64 min |
| May 24, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 57 min |
| May 24, 7:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 33 min |
| May 24, 8:01 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 6 hr |
| May 24, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 45 min |
| May 24, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 45 min |
| May 24, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 40 min |
| May 24, 8:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 48 min |
| May 24, 9:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 51 min |
| May 24, 9:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 50 min |
| May 24, 10:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 33 min |
| May 24, 10:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 49 min |
| May 24, 10:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 36 min |
| May 24, 11:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 48 min |
| May 24, 11:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 29 min |
| May 24, 11:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 39 min |
| May 24, 11:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 45 min |
| May 25, 12:14 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 61 min |
| May 25, 12:19 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 56 min |
| May 25, 1:25 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 65 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.