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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 6:37 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 13, 2021, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nnw Yocemento, KS | LARGE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN. SWING SET BLOWN OVER. GRAIN BIN MOVED ABOUT 6 INCHES. REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jul 13, 6:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Ellis, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
528 WUUS53 KDDC 132337 SVRDDC KSC051-195-140015- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0133.210713T2337Z-210714T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 637 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Trego County in west central Kansas... Ellis County in central Kansas... * Until 715 PM CDT. * At 637 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Yocemento, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Hays and Toulon around 655 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Catherine, Victoria, Emmeram and Walker. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and 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 3877 9904 3875 9958 3900 9968 3913 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 261DEG 25KT 3893 9943 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
594
WWUS53 KDDC 132355
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
655 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021
KSC195-140004-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-210714T0015Z/
Trego KS-
655 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has
moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been
cancelled.
LAT...LON 3887 9904 3887 9952 3901 9956 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 252DEG 19KT 3897 9935
$$
KSC051-140015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-210714T0015Z/
Ellis KS-
655 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY...
At 654 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Yocemento,
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...
Catherine and Emmeram.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3887 9904 3887 9952 3901 9956 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 252DEG 19KT 3897 9935
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush, Trego | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 32 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.