Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2021, 6:28 PM CDT for Barber County, Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2021, 7:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barber County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 31, 6:59 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 5 Se Cullison, KS |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.
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WUUS53 KDDC 312328
SVRDDC
KSC007-097-151-010015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0148.210731T2328Z-210801T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
628 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
Northwestern Barber County in south central Kansas...
Southwestern Pratt County in south central Kansas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 628 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Coats, 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Croft and Sun City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3763 9884 3746 9875 3733 9895 3752 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 053DEG 8KT 3749 9889
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FINCH3 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 312339
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
639 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
KSC007-097-151-010015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-210801T0015Z/
Kiowa KS-Barber KS-Pratt KS-
639 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL KIOWA...NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTHWESTERN PRATT
COUNTIES...
At 638 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Croft, moving
northwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Coats, Sun City and Croft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3763 9884 3746 9875 3733 9895 3752 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 139DEG 11KT 3753 9892
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FINCH760
WWUS53 KDDC 312355
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
655 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
KSC097-010002-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-210801T0015Z/
Kiowa KS-
655 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3743 9894 3748 9901 3755 9901 3763 9884
3748 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 182DEG 13KT 3758 9892
$$
KSC007-151-010015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-210801T0015Z/
Barber KS-Pratt KS-
655 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND SOUTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTIES...
At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cullison,
moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Coats and Croft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3743 9894 3748 9901 3755 9901 3763 9884
3748 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 182DEG 13KT 3758 9892
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
FINCH041
WWUS53 KDDC 010006
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
706 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
KSC007-151-010014-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-210801T0015Z/
Barber KS-Pratt KS-
706 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND
SOUTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3743 9894 3748 9901 3755 9901 3763 9884
3748 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 053DEG 8KT 3756 9895
$$
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, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 24 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.