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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2021Ford County, Gray County, Kansas

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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 4:42 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1992 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 2021-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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
 
$$

SUGDEN
2 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
 
$$

SUGDEN
421 
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 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade54 min
May 26, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray36 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman61 min
May 27, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward54 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.