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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2021, 5:56 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 49 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, 5:56 AM CDT (10:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2021, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 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, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
862
WUUS53 KDDC 151056
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-165-195-151145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0178.210815T1056Z-210815T1145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
556 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...
Southeastern Trego County in west central Kansas...
Northwestern Rush County in central Kansas...
Southwestern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 645 AM CDT.
* At 556 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cedar Bluff,
moving south at 20 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...
Brownell around 615 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
McCracken.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3889 9981 3889 9941 3848 9926 3847 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 355DEG 18KT 3873 9965
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JJOHNSON2 follow-up statements
637
WWUS53 KDDC 151119
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
619 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021
KSC051-135-165-195-151145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-210815T1145Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-Rush KS-Ellis KS-
619 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS...SOUTHEASTERN TREGO...NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND
SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...
At 618 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near McCracken,
moving south at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
McCracken.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3886 9981 3885 9940 3848 9926 3847 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 1118Z 352DEG 17KT 3863 9963
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JJOHNSON954
WWUS53 KDDC 151138
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
638 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021
KSC051-135-165-195-151148-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-210815T1145Z/
Ness KS-Trego KS-Rush KS-Ellis KS-
638 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS...
SOUTHEASTERN TREGO...NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM 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 3886 9981 3885 9940 3848 9926 3847 9993
TIME...MOT...LOC 1138Z 355DEG 18KT 3854 9962
$$
JJOHNSONThe 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, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Trego | 47 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 | 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.