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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 10, 2021Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 6:08 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2021, 6:33 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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, 6:18 PM CDT	HAIL 1	La Crosse, 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, 11.1 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

640 
WUUS53 KDDC 102308
SVRDDC
KSC165-110000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0170.210810T2308Z-210811T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
608 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Rush County in central Kansas...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 608 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nekoma,
  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...
  Nekoma around 625 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Rush
Center, Hargrave, La Crosse and Bison.

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 3856 9914 3835 9933 3835 9943 3838 9951
      3865 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 205DEG 12KT 3840 9941 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SPRINGER

2 follow-up statements

583 
WWUS53 KDDC 102320
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
620 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

KSC165-110000-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-210811T0000Z/
Rush KS-
620 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY...

At 620 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nekoma, moving
northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Rush Center, La Crosse and Bison.

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 3856 9914 3835 9933 3840 9947 3864 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 205DEG 12KT 3844 9939 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SPRINGER

647 
WWUS53 KDDC 102333
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
633 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

KSC165-102343-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-210811T0000Z/
Rush KS-
633 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3856 9914 3835 9933 3840 9947 3864 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 205DEG 12KT 3848 9937 

$$

SPRINGER

The 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, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	48 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, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	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.