Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2021, 1:40 PM CDT for Edwards County, Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 25, 2021, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2021, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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, 1:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ene Ford, KS | 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jul 25, 1:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 Ene Ford, KS | 1 TO 2 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. |
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 24 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 251840
SVRDDC
KSC047-057-097-251930-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0146.210725T1840Z-210725T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
140 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...
Northwestern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
Southwestern Edwards County in south central Kansas...
* Until 230 PM CDT.
* At 140 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Windhorst,
moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Mullinville.
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 3764 9988 3786 9980 3774 9928 3750 9942
3758 9971
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 293DEG 16KT 3773 9967
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TATRO3 follow-up statements
355
WWUS53 KDDC 251855
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
155 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
KSC047-057-097-251930-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-210725T1930Z/
Ford KS-Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-
155 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD...NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS
COUNTIES...
At 154 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mullinville,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Mullinville around 210 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3760 9977 3783 9968 3774 9928 3750 9942
3758 9971
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 277DEG 16KT 3764 9956
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TATRO314
WWUS53 KDDC 251908
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
208 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
KSC047-057-251918-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-210725T1930Z/
Ford KS-Edwards KS-
208 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD AND
SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3754 9956 3772 9955 3772 9929 3750 9942
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 297DEG 21KT 3758 9944
$$
KSC097-251930-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-210725T1930Z/
Kiowa KS-
208 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
At 208 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near
Mullinville, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Kiowa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3754 9956 3772 9955 3772 9929 3750 9942
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 297DEG 21KT 3758 9944
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TATRO238
WWUS53 KDDC 251915
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
215 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
KSC097-251925-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-210725T1930Z/
Kiowa KS-
215 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KIOWA 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. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3754 9956 3772 9955 3772 9929 3750 9942
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 293DEG 16KT 3757 9940
$$
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, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 36 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.