Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 7:14 PM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 5 Nw Minneola, KS | PICTURE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF AT LEAST 2 INCH HAILSTONES. |
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 110014
SVRDDC
KSC025-057-119-110100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0174.210811T0014Z-210811T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
714 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 800 PM CDT.
* At 714 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Minneola,
moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Public.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Minneola around 720 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 10006 3748 10019 3759 10015 3765 10005
3752 9989
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 217DEG 6KT 3749 10010
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
SPRINGER2 follow-up statements
564
WWUS53 KDDC 110044
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
744 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC119-110054-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-210811T0100Z/
Meade KS-
744 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3746 10011 3747 10011 3747 10013 3749 10015
3757 10013 3761 10004 3752 9989 3740 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 217DEG 6KT 3753 10006
$$
KSC025-057-110100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-210811T0100Z/
Ford KS-Clark KS-
744 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES...
At 744 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Minneola,
moving northeast at 5 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 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 3746 10011 3747 10011 3747 10013 3749 10015
3757 10013 3761 10004 3752 9989 3740 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 217DEG 6KT 3753 10006
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER902
WWUS53 KDDC 110055
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
755 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KSC025-057-110105-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-210811T0100Z/
Ford KS-Clark KS-
755 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND
NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3746 10011 3747 10011 3747 10013 3749 10015
3757 10013 3761 10004 3752 9989 3740 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 217DEG 6KT 3754 10005
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott, Trego | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 23 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.