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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 6:31 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 W Toulon, KS | AWOS STATION KHYS HAYS REGIONAL AIRPORT AWOS SITE. |
| Aug 7, 6:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Victoria, KS | REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. |
| Aug 7, 6:56 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | Hays, KS | AWOS STATION KHYS HAYS REGIONAL AIRPORT AWOS SITE. |
| Aug 7, 7:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 71 | 3 Nw Victoria, KS | MESONET STATION K5WKR 2 NW VICTORIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
845
WUUS53 KDDC 072331
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-165-195-080015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0154.210807T2331Z-210808T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
631 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
Eastern Trego County in west central Kansas...
Northern Rush County in central Kansas...
Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 630 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Zurich to near Yocemento to near McCracken,
moving east at 40 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.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Hays, La Crosse, Liebenthal, Toulon and Munjor around 645 PM CDT.
Catherine around 650 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Victoria, Bison, Loretta, Emmeram, Pfeifer, Walker and Otis.
This warning replaces the previous warning for southern portions of
Trego and Ellis and northern portions of Ness and Rush counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 9903 3860 9975 3913 9973 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 273DEG 37KT 3915 9947 3891 9945 3861 9950
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
623 WWUS53 KDDC 072358 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 658 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021 KSC051-135-165-195-080015- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-210808T0015Z/ Ness KS-Trego KS-Rush KS-Ellis KS- 658 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS...SOUTHEASTERN TREGO...NORTHERN RUSH AND ELLIS COUNTIES... At 657 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Natoma to near Walker to near Hargrave, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Walker, Bison, Loretta, Pfeifer and Otis. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3849 9903 3860 9975 3913 9944 3913 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 269DEG 23KT 3914 9900 3886 9905 3863 9943 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 32 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.