Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 6:44 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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 12, 2021, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 12, 6:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 74 | 5 Nne Acres, KS | MEASURED BY MESONET STATION. |
| Aug 12, 6:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 N Hays, KS | ESTIMATED 50-60 MPH WIND GUSTS. |
| Aug 12, 6:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Hays, KS | |
| Aug 12, 7:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hays, KS | PICTURE OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
158
WUUS53 KDDC 122344
SVRDDC
KSC051-130030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0176.210812T2344Z-210813T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
644 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 644 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hays, moving
southeast 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...
Toulon around 700 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Victoria and 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 3879 9904 3878 9904 3870 9931 3898 9942
3905 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 334DEG 14KT 3890 9928
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER2 follow-up statements
634
WWUS53 KDDC 130007
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
707 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
KSC051-130030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-210813T0030Z/
Ellis KS-
707 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...
At 707 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Munjor,
moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Ellis County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3879 9904 3878 9904 3870 9931 3891 9939
3899 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 334DEG 14KT 3882 9923
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SPRINGER520
WWUS53 KDDC 130027
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
727 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
KSC051-130037-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-210813T0030Z/
Ellis KS-
727 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 730 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, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3879 9904 3878 9904 3870 9931 3891 9939
3899 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 334DEG 14KT 3875 9919
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 36 min |
| Aug 12, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 6:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 3 hr |
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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.