Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2021, 12:54 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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 25, 2021, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Wright, KS | POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN AT U.S. HIGHWAY 50 AND 121 RD. |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 1522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 251754
SVRDDC
KSC057-251845-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0145.210725T1754Z-210725T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1254 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 145 PM CDT.
* At 1254 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wright,
moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Wright and Ft. Dodge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3786 10005 3791 9993 3791 9973 3773 9958
3763 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 335DEG 7KT 3784 9994
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TATRO2 follow-up statements
256
WWUS53 KDDC 251807
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
107 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
KSC057-251845-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-210725T1845Z/
Ford KS-
107 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY...
At 106 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wright, moving
southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Spearville, Wright, Windhorst and Ft. Dodge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3784 10004 3789 9988 3791 9973 3773 9958
3763 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 314DEG 14KT 3779 9985
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TATRO904
WWUS53 KDDC 251828
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
128 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
KSC057-251845-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-210725T1845Z/
Ford KS-
128 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY...
At 127 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Wright,
moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported power lines down 3 miles
northeast of Wright at 122 PM.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Spearville, Wright, Windhorst and Ft. Dodge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3784 10004 3789 9988 3791 9973 3773 9958
3763 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 347DEG 12KT 3777 9988
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TATROThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 10:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Pawnee | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman | 50 min |
| Jul 25, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 24 min |
| Jul 25, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 12:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Jul 25, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 51 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.