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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2021, 8:42 PM CDT for Finney County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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
- May 24, 2021, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Finney County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N Plymell, KS | LOTS OF GOLF BALL HAIL. |
| May 24, 9:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 N Plymell, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF PING PONG BALL SIZE HAILL. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
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WFUS53 KDDC 250142
TORDDC
KSC055-081-250215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0005.210525T0142Z-210525T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
842 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 841 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Plymell, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Plymell around 855 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3777 10102 3795 10102 3787 10067 3766 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 276DEG 11KT 3783 10092
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
TURNER1 follow-up statement
073
WWUS53 KDDC 250205
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
905 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
KSC055-081-250215-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210525T0215Z/
Finney KS-Haskell KS-
905 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...
At 905 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Plymell, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Finney and northeastern Haskell Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3775 10094 3793 10095 3787 10067 3766 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 275DEG 12KT 3782 10082
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 4 hr |
| May 24, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| May 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 48 min |
| May 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 46 min |
| May 24, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 48 min |
| May 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 12 hr |
| May 24, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 64 min |
| May 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 57 min |
| May 24, 9:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 6 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 40 min |
| May 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 48 min |
| May 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 51 min |
| May 24, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 50 min |
| May 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 33 min |
| May 24, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 49 min |
| May 24, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 36 min |
| May 25, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 48 min |
| May 25, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 29 min |
| May 25, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 39 min |
| May 25, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 45 min |
| May 25, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 61 min |
| May 25, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 56 min |
| May 25, 2:25 AM CDT | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.