Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2021, 5:10 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- May 5, 2021, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 5:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nw Dodge City, KS | |
| May 5, 5:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Nnw Dodge City, KS | REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.). |
| May 5, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Dodge City, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF PING PONG TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. |
| May 5, 5:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 Ene Dodge City, KS | ASOS STATION KDDC DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
119
WUUS53 KDDC 052210
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-052300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0026.210505T2210Z-210505T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
510 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 510 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Howell, moving southeast at 30 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...
Dodge City, Ensign, Ft. Dodge and Howell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3753 10023 3790 10036 3794 10023 3791 10022
3791 10011 3765 9974
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 318DEG 25KT 3789 10024
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEID1 follow-up statement
945
WWUS53 KDDC 052246
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
546 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
KSC057-069-052300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210505T2300Z/
Ford KS-Gray KS-
546 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTIES...
At 545 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dodge City,
moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated and automated weather station report. A 62
mph wind gust was recorded at Dodge City Airport at 539 PM.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Ensign and Ft. Dodge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3753 10022 3766 10028 3767 10028 3779 9998
3765 9974
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 318DEG 25KT 3770 10003
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 39 min |
| May 5, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Lane | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 51 min |
| May 5, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| May 5, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 42 min |
| May 5, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 51 min |
| May 5, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 44 min |
| May 5, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 36 min |
| May 5, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade | 49 min |
| May 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 26 min |
| May 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 51 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.