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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 2021Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 7:13 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1651 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted.

214 
WUUS53 KDDC 080013
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-080100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0161.210808T0013Z-210808T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
713 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Rush County in central Kansas...
  Eastern Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 712 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles south of Natoma to near Victoria to near
  Hargrave, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Walker around 720 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Otis.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3853 9903 3856 9955 3878 9930 3913 9910
      3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 272DEG 20KT 3906 9896 3878 9911 3853 9945 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
204 
WWUS53 KDDC 080056
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
756 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

KSC051-165-080106-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-210808T0100Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
756 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN RUSH AND EASTERN
ELLIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3853 9903 3856 9955 3878 9930 3913 9910
      3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 272DEG 20KT 3905 9866 3877 9882 3852 9916 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens44 min
Aug 7, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee38 min
Aug 7, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney43 min
Aug 7, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford25 min
Aug 7, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee54 min
Aug 7, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray51 min
Aug 7, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord45 min
Aug 7, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade46 min
Aug 7, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford39 min
Aug 7, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa49 min
Aug 7, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt, Stafford66 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.