Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 6:28 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 5 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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, 6:58 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 Wnw Minneola, KS | SEVERE ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. |
| Aug 10, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 5 Wnw Minneola, KS | SEVERE ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. |
| Aug 10, 7:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wnw Minneola, KS | POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN BY THE HIGH WIND. IN ADDITION, BASEBALL SIZED HAIL WAS OBSERVED WITH THE HIGH WIND CAUSING SEVERE ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. |
| Aug 10, 7:06 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 Wnw Minneola, KS | SEVERE ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED FROM THE WIND DRIVEN HAIL. A CIRCLE OF CORN A MILE WEST WAS COMPLETELY STRIPPED. ALSO, HIGH WIND DOWNED POWER LINES AT THIS LOCATION. |
| Aug 10, 7:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 7 Nne Fowler, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 70 MPH WINDS AND BROKEN TREES/LIMBS. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
643
WUUS53 KDDC 102328
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-119-110015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0172.210810T2328Z-210811T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
628 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 715 PM CDT.
* At 628 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Minneola,
moving northeast at 5 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 be near...
Minneola around 635 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 3738 10008 3747 10019 3762 10011 3750 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 206DEG 6KT 3748 10012
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER2 follow-up statements
697
WWUS53 KDDC 102337
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
637 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC119-102347-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-210811T0015Z/
Meade KS-
637 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3740 10007 3744 10011 3747 10011 3747 10014
3749 10016 3762 10011 3750 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 206DEG 6KT 3749 10011
$$
KSC025-057-110015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-210811T0015Z/
Ford KS-Clark KS-
637 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES...
At 637 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Minneola,
moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Public.
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 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 3740 10007 3744 10011 3747 10011 3747 10014
3749 10016 3762 10011 3750 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 206DEG 6KT 3749 10011
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER148
WWUS53 KDDC 110014
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
714 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC025-057-110024-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-210811T0015Z/
Ford KS-Clark KS-
714 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND
NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3740 10007 3744 10011 3747 10011 3747 10014
3749 10016 3762 10011 3750 9992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 206DEG 6KT 3755 10008
$$
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, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021
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.