Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 6:22 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 6:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hays, KS | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| May 8, 6:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hays, KS | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N Catherine, KS | GOLF BALL SIZED 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
574 WUUS53 KDDC 082322 SVRDDC KSC051-090015- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0033.210508T2322Z-210509T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 622 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Ellis County in central Kansas... * Until 715 PM CDT. * At 622 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hays, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Munjor around 630 PM CDT. Toulon around 635 PM CDT. Catherine around 640 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Victoria, Emmeram and Walker. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3881 9904 3880 9942 3891 9945 3904 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 257DEG 23KT 3886 9936 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ TATRO
4 follow-up statements
356 WWUS53 KDDC 082330 SVSDDC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 630 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 KSC051-090015- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/ Ellis KS- 630 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY... At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Hays, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Public reported quarter sized hail in Hays at 625 PM. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. This severe storm will be near... Catherine around 640 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Victoria, Walker and Emmeram. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3881 9904 3882 9927 3893 9938 3904 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 246DEG 25KT 3889 9929 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ TATRO
872
WWUS53 KDDC 082342
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
642 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC051-090015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Ellis KS-
642 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY...
At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Emmeram, moving
northeast at 35 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 remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Ellis County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3891 9904 3888 9919 3897 9926 3904 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 246DEG 28KT 3894 9916
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO170
WWUS53 KDDC 082354
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
654 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC051-090015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Ellis KS-
654 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY...
At 654 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Emmeram, moving
northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Ellis County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3891 9906 3901 9913 3904 9904 3891 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 243DEG 30KT 3900 9904
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO066
WWUS53 KDDC 082359
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
659 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC051-090009-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Ellis KS-
659 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3891 9906 3901 9913 3904 9904 3891 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 257DEG 23KT 3901 9900
$$
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, 6:06 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, 6:41 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.