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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 13, 2021Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 7:10 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 13, 2021, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2021, 7:40 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2021-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 414 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 2021-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
414 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

845 
WUUS53 KDDC 140010
SVRDDC
KSC051-140100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0134.210714T0010Z-210714T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
710 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 709 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Catherine,
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Catherine around 715 PM CDT.

This new warning extends the previous warning for Ellis County.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Emmeram.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9904 3890 9930 3905 9941 3913 9932
      3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 248DEG 14KT 3898 9927 

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

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2 follow-up statements
446 
WWUS53 KDDC 140030
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
730 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

KSC051-140100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-210714T0100Z/
Ellis KS-
730 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...

At 730 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Emmeram, moving
east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Emmeram.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9904 3890 9930 3905 9941 3913 9932
      3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 248DEG 14KT 3901 9917 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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174 
WWUS53 KDDC 140040
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
740 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

KSC051-140049-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-210714T0100Z/
Ellis KS-
740 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS 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.

LAT...LON 3893 9904 3890 9930 3905 9941 3913 9932
      3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 248DEG 14KT 3902 9912 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush27 min
Jul 13, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess44 min
Jul 13, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego16 min
Jul 14, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton32 min
Jul 14, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton41 min
Jul 14, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton45 min
Jul 14, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton35 min
Jul 14, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant33 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.