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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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 26, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 7:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 26, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 1992 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 22.5
The text
As transmitted.
770
WUUS53 KDDC 270030
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-270130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0090.210527T0030Z-210527T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
730 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
East central Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 730 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ensign,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size 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...
Dodge City, Ford, Ensign, Wright, Ft. Dodge and Howell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3755 10021 3772 10039 3790 10019 3791 9982
3760 9973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 232DEG 22KT 3768 10019
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
409
WWUS53 KDDC 270041
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
741 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
KSC069-270051-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210527T0130Z/
Gray KS-
741 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3755 10021 3772 10021 3790 10019 3791 9982
3760 9973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 222DEG 30KT 3778 10010
$$
KSC057-270130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210527T0130Z/
Ford KS-
741 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN FORD COUNTY...
At 741 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Howell, moving
northeast at 35 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...
Dodge City, Ford, Wright, Ft. Dodge and Howell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3755 10021 3772 10021 3790 10019 3791 9982
3760 9973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 222DEG 30KT 3778 10010
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SUGDEN421
WWUS53 KDDC 270049
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
749 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
KSC057-270059-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210527T0130Z/
Ford KS-
749 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN FORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3755 10021 3772 10021 3790 10019 3791 9982
3760 9973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 232DEG 22KT 3781 10005
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 54 min |
| May 26, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 36 min |
| May 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 61 min |
| May 27, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 54 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.