Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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 10, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 7:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 S Liebenthal, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF GOLF BALLS. |
| Aug 10, 6:41 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 1 N Loretta, KS | PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED TO THE OFFICE BY KSN. |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 102324
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-110015-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
624 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Rush County in central Kansas...
Southeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 624 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near La Crosse,
moving northeast at 30 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Schoenchen and Loretta around 635 PM CDT.
Pfeifer around 640 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Munjor.
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 3876 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3865 9903
3846 9921 3855 9943 3884 9929
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 206DEG 30KT 3858 9927
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER3 follow-up statements
393
WWUS53 KDDC 102340
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
640 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC051-165-110015-
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Rush KS-Ellis KS-
640 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...
At 640 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Pfeifer,
moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Munjor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3876 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3865 9903
3852 9916 3860 9938 3884 9929
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 206DEG 30KT 3871 9919
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER026
WWUS53 KDDC 102352
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
652 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC051-165-110015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210811T0015Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
652 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...
At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Victoria,
moving northeast at 35 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.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Rush and southeastern Ellis 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 3876 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3865 9903
3861 9907 3865 9915 3879 9913
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 206DEG 30KT 3880 9913
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER683
WWUS53 KDDC 110001
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
701 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC051-165-110011-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0171.000000T0000Z-210811T0015Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
701 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3876 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3865 9903
3861 9907 3865 9915 3879 9913
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 206DEG 30KT 3887 9909
$$
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, 5:42 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, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 25 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.