Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2021, 6:02 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 31, 2021, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2021, 6:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Sun City, KS | THIS IS A DELAYED REPORT. SATURDAY EVENING , A 5 FOOT DIAMETER TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN, IN ADDITION TO A STEEL BUILDING DESTROYED AND A FLAG POLE BROKEN IN HALF. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
582
WUUS53 KDDC 312302
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-312345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0147.210731T2302Z-210731T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
602 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Barber County in south central Kansas...
Northeastern Comanche County in south central Kansas...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 602 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sun City,
moving southwest at 10 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 remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Barber and northeastern Comanche Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3737 9883 3719 9863 3713 9911 3737 9910
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 053DEG 9KT 3730 9893
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
188
WWUS53 KDDC 312319
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
619 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
KSC007-033-312345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-210731T2345Z/
Barber KS-Comanche KS-
619 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL BARBER AND EAST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTIES...
At 619 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lake City,
moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Lake City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3737 9883 3719 9863 3714 9905 3735 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 295DEG 8KT 3728 9890
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FINCH930
WWUS53 KDDC 312326
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
626 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
KSC007-033-312335-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-210731T2345Z/
Barber KS-Comanche KS-
626 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BARBER AND EAST
CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTIES 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 3737 9883 3719 9863 3714 9905 3735 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 053DEG 9KT 3727 9892
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 24 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.