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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 2021Ellis County, Ness County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 5:29 PM CDT for Ellis County, Ness County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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 8, 2021, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 8, 6:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 E Hargrave, KS	QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED VIA SPOTTER NETWORK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -649 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

325 
WUUS53 KDDC 082229
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-165-082315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0031.210508T2229Z-210508T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
529 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ness County in west central Kansas...
  Northwestern Rush County in central Kansas...
  Southwestern Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 529 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bazine,
  moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  McCracken around 545 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Hargrave.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9943 3851 9927 3847 9973 3856 9981
      3870 9964 3870 9960 3873 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 242DEG 25KT 3854 9969 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TATRO

2 follow-up statements

131 
WWUS53 KDDC 082242
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
542 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

KSC051-135-165-082315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210508T2315Z/
Ness KS-Rush KS-Ellis KS-
542 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS
COUNTIES...

At 541 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near McCracken,
moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Ness, northwestern Rush and southwestern Ellis Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9943 3851 9927 3848 9964 3864 9972
      3870 9964 3870 9960 3873 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 233DEG 28KT 3861 9959 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TATRO

958 
WWUS53 KDDC 082256
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
556 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

KSC135-082305-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210508T2315Z/
Ness KS-
556 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3887 9943 3851 9927 3849 9957 3865 9958
      3869 9958 3871 9959 3874 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 233DEG 28KT 3867 9948 

$$

KSC051-165-082315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210508T2315Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
556 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...

At 555 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of
McCracken, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Rush and southwestern Ellis Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3887 9943 3851 9927 3849 9957 3865 9958
      3869 9958 3871 9959 3874 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 233DEG 28KT 3867 9948 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 5:40 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens	14 hr
May 8, 4:56 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more	9 hr
May 8, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	33 min
May 8, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	45 min
May 8, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	34 min
May 8, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	23 min
May 8, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	39 min
May 8, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	46 min
May 8, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	37 min
May 8, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	21 min
May 8, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	41 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.