Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 10, 2021, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 7 Nne Fowler, KS | HAIL CAME DOWN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 672 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -516 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 102242
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-119-102330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0169.210810T2242Z-210810T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
542 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 542 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Minneola,
moving northeast 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Minneola around 555 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3737 10009 3747 10018 3760 10004 3747 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 231DEG 12KT 3746 10009
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 102257
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
557 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC025-057-119-102330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0169.000000T0000Z-210810T2330Z/
Ford KS-Meade KS-Clark KS-
557 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD...NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK
COUNTIES...
At 557 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Minneola,
moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Ford, northeastern Meade and northwestern Clark
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3738 10009 3748 10017 3760 10004 3747 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 231DEG 12KT 3749 10004
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER402
WWUS53 KDDC 102329
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
629 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC025-057-119-102339-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0169.000000T0000Z-210810T2330Z/
Ford KS-Meade KS-Clark KS-
629 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD...
NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630
PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3738 10009 3748 10017 3760 10004 3747 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 231DEG 12KT 3756 9994
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 12:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ford | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 50 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.