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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 2021Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 6:15 PM CDTHAIL 13 E Hargrave, KSQUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED VIA SPOTTER NETWORK.
May 8, 6:55 PM CDTHAIL 1Liebenthal, KSQUARTER 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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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
 
$$

TATRO
2 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
 
$$

TATRO
032 
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 

$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 5:40 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens14 hr
May 8, 4:56 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more9 hr
May 8, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman33 min
May 8, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness45 min
May 8, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess34 min
May 8, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush46 min
May 8, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman23 min
May 8, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis46 min
May 8, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis37 min
May 8, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis21 min
May 8, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush41 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.