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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2021Finney County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 8:33 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 24, 2021, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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
May 24, 8:35 PM CDTHAIL 1Garden City, KSPUBLIC CALL WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND LOWERING CLOUDS TO THE SOUTH.

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
May 24, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2021-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 520 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

871 
WUUS53 KDDC 250133
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-250230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0073.210525T0133Z-210525T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
833 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 832 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Garden
  City, moving east at 20 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...
  Pierceville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.

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 3794 10097 3801 10093 3813 10062 3787 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 270DEG 11KT 3798 10084 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LOWE
1 follow-up statement
212 
WWUS53 KDDC 250207
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
907 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

KSC055-069-250230-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-210525T0230Z/
Finney KS-Gray KS-
907 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

At 907 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Pierceville, 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...
Garden City and Pierceville. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.

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 3793 10093 3799 10090 3806 10063 3787 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 270DEG 11KT 3798 10070 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LOWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny4 hr
May 24, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego50 min
May 24, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny48 min
May 24, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny46 min
May 24, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny48 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny12 hr
May 24, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny, Stanton64 min
May 24, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Haskell33 min
May 24, 9:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHamilton6 hr
May 24, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton45 min
May 24, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell45 min
May 24, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny40 min
May 24, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell48 min
May 24, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Kearny51 min
May 24, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray50 min
May 24, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell33 min
May 24, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord49 min
May 24, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell, Seward36 min
May 25, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord48 min
May 25, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward29 min
May 25, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards39 min
May 25, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell45 min
May 25, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord61 min
May 25, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade56 min
May 25, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark65 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.