Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2021, 4:14 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 18, 2021, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 525 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1199 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
097
WUUS53 KDDC 182114
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-182145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0143.210718T2114Z-210718T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
414 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Barber County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Comanche County in south central Kansas...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 414 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
of Aetna, moving south at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Aetna around 425 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3717 9924 3724 9903 3700 9883 3700 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 339DEG 27KT 3714 9911
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID2 follow-up statements
818
WWUS53 KDDC 182126
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
426 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021
KSC007-033-182145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-210718T2145Z/
Barber KS-Comanche KS-
426 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES...
At 426 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Aetna, moving
south at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Barber and southeastern Comanche Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 9919 3721 9902 3700 9883 3700 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 339DEG 27KT 3705 9907
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID653
WWUS53 KDDC 182145
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
445 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021
KSC007-033-182155-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0143.000000T0000Z-210718T2145Z/
Barber KS-Comanche KS-
445 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARBER AND
SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The most dangerous portion of the storm which prompted the warning
has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3712 9919 3721 9902 3700 9883 3700 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 339DEG 27KT 3693 9901
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 11:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 12:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Stanton | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton, Stevens | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 45 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.