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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 15, 2021Ellis County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2021, 5:13 AM CDT for Ellis County, Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 15, 2021, 5:13 AM CDT (10:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2021, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

491 
WUUS53 KDDC 151013
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-195-151100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0177.210815T1013Z-210815T1100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
513 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Eastern Trego County in west central Kansas...
  Southwestern Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 600 AM CDT.

* At 513 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ogallah,
  moving south at 25 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cedar Bluff.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3905 9958 3870 9943 3870 9958 3869 9959
      3869 10000 3905 9988
TIME...MOT...LOC 1013Z 358DEG 23KT 3895 9974 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JJOHNSON

1 follow-up statement

171 
WWUS53 KDDC 151030
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
530 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

KSC051-135-195-151100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-210815T1100Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-Ellis KS-
530 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS...EASTERN TREGO AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS
COUNTIES...

At 529 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cedar Bluff,
moving south at 25 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.

Locations impacted include...
Ellis, Wakeeney, Ogallah, Trego Center, Cedar Bluff and Riga. 

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 3905 9958 3870 9943 3870 9958 3869 9959
      3869 10000 3905 9988
TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 359DEG 21KT 3887 9974 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	36 min
Aug 15, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	29 min
Aug 15, 4:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	3 hr
Aug 15, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	47 min
Aug 15, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	49 min
Aug 15, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	31 min
Aug 15, 8:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	33 min
Aug 15, 8:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Ellis, Rush, Trego	3 hr
Aug 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	35 min
Aug 15, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	30 min
Aug 15, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Trego	3 hr
Aug 15, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	31 min
Aug 15, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	24 min
Aug 15, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	31 min
Aug 15, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	52 min
Aug 15, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Lane, Ness	52 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.