Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 6:53 PM CDT for Grant County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2021, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 7:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.
385
WUUS53 KDDC 072353
SVRDDC
KSC067-081-080045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0158.210807T2353Z-210808T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
653 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Grant County in southwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hickok,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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
northern Grant and northwestern Haskell Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3754 10143 3770 10146 3773 10092 3753 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 262DEG 20KT 3761 10126
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
128
WWUS53 KDDC 080025
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
725 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSC067-081-080034-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-210808T0045Z/
Grant KS-Haskell KS-
725 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRANT AND
NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3754 10143 3770 10146 3773 10092 3753 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 262DEG 20KT 3763 10104
$$
GERARDThe 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, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 44 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.