Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2021, 11:44 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Oct 12, 2021, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2021, 12:19 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 130444
SVRDDC
KSC025-033-097-130530-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0215.211013T0444Z-211013T0530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1144 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
Comanche County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Clark County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 1230 AM CDT.
* At 1144 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles northwest of Coldwater to near Protection
to 11 miles north of Buffalo, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Coldwater, Buttermilk and Lake Coldwater around 1150 PM CDT.
Wilmore around 1155 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Belvidere.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3716 9950 3740 9944 3747 9901 3738 9900
3700 9901 3700 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 266DEG 47KT 3740 9943 3716 9946 3700 9957
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
TATRO2 follow-up statements
618
WWUS53 KDDC 130510
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1210 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
KSC025-033-097-130530-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-211013T0530Z/
Kiowa KS-Comanche KS-Clark KS-
1210 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA...COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...
At 1210 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Belvidere to 8 miles northwest of Aetna to 9
miles southeast of Buttermilk, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Kiowa, Comanche and southeastern Clark Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3716 9950 3740 9944 3747 9901 3738 9900
3700 9901 3700 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 266DEG 47KT 3742 9904 3718 9908 3702 9919
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
SPRINGER793
WWUS53 KDDC 130519 RRA
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1219 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
KSC025-033-097-130529-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-211013T0530Z/
Kiowa KS-Comanche KS-Clark KS-
1219 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA...COMANCHE
AND SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for south central
and southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3716 9950 3740 9944 3747 9901 3738 9900
3700 9901 3700 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 266DEG 47KT 3743 9892 3719 9896 3703 9907
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Oct 12, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 42 min |
| Oct 12, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 43 min |
| Oct 12, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 40 min |
| Oct 12, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 38 min |
| Oct 12, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 21 min |
| Oct 12, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 53 min |
| Oct 12, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 45 min |
| Oct 12, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 26 min |
| Oct 12, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more | 44 min |
| Oct 12, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 38 min |
| Oct 12, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 21 min |
| Oct 12, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 11 min |
| Oct 12, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 40 min |
| Oct 12, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 58 min |
| Oct 12, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 54 min |
| Oct 12, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade | 67 min |
| Oct 12, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 17 min |
| Oct 12, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 18 min |
| Oct 13, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more | 58 min |
| Oct 13, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Pratt, Stafford | 66 min |
| Oct 13, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 29 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.