Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 6:55 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 10, 2021, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 32 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.
415 WUUS53 KDDC 102355 SVRDDC KSC057-069-110045- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0173.210810T2355Z-210811T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 655 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Ford County in southwestern Kansas... Southeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 745 PM CDT. * At 655 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near The Haggard Elev, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... The Haggard Elev around 700 PM CDT. Ensign around 715 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Howell. 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 3749 10025 3759 10037 3784 10020 3769 9996 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 219DEG 14KT 3758 10029 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ SPRINGER
3 follow-up statements
087 WWUS53 KDDC 110010 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 710 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021 KSC057-069-110045- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-210811T0045Z/ Ford KS-Gray KS- 710 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL FORD AND EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES... At 710 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Ensign, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. This severe storm will be near... Ensign around 715 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Howell and Dodge City. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3754 10022 3763 10034 3784 10020 3769 9996 TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 219DEG 14KT 3763 10024 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ SPRINGER
111
WWUS53 KDDC 110030
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
730 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC069-110040-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-210811T0045Z/
Gray KS-
730 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAY 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 3757 10017 3761 10022 3762 10021 3770 10021
3781 10015 3769 9996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 219DEG 14KT 3769 10018
$$
KSC057-110045-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-210811T0045Z/
Ford KS-
730 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY...
At 730 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ensign, moving
northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Dodge City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3757 10017 3761 10022 3762 10021 3770 10021
3781 10015 3769 9996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 219DEG 14KT 3769 10018
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
SPRINGER966
WWUS53 KDDC 110035
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
735 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC057-110045-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-210811T0045Z/
Ford KS-
735 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3757 10017 3761 10022 3762 10021 3770 10021
3781 10015 3769 9996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 219DEG 14KT 3770 10017
$$
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, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 47 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.