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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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 8, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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. |
| May 8, 6:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Liebenthal, KS | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
634
WUUS53 KDDC 082306
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-082345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0032.210508T2306Z-210508T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
606 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Rush County in central Kansas...
Southeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 606 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hargrave,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
La Crosse and Liebenthal around 620 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Bison, Timken, Loretta and Otis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 9904 3847 9903 3848 9949 3862 9952
3879 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 261DEG 23KT 3855 9941
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO2 follow-up statements
653
WWUS53 KDDC 082321
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
621 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC051-165-082345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210508T2345Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
621 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...
At 620 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near La Crosse,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported quarter sized hail 3
miles east of Hargrave at 6:15 PM.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Bison, Loretta, Pfeifer and Otis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 9904 3847 9903 3849 9933 3866 9941
3879 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 258DEG 23KT 3857 9929
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO032
WWUS53 KDDC 082336
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
636 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC051-165-082346-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210508T2345Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
636 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM 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 small
hail up to penny sized is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3870 9904 3847 9903 3849 9933 3866 9941
3879 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 261DEG 23KT 3859 9916
$$
TATROThe 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, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 23 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.