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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 6:41 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2021, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 7:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
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WUUS53 KDDC 082341
SVRDDC
KSC051-090015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0034.210508T2341Z-210509T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
641 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 641 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Catherine,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Golf 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
northeastern Ellis County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3903 9904 3896 9925 3903 9932 3913 9909
3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 254DEG 23KT 3900 9922
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO2 follow-up statements
619
WWUS53 KDDC 082353
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
653 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC051-090015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Ellis KS-
653 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...
At 653 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Emmeram, moving
east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Public reported golf ball sized hail 3 miles north of
Catherine at 645 PM.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Ellis County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3901 9911 3908 9919 3913 9909 3913 9904
3903 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 254DEG 23KT 3902 9912
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO013
WWUS53 KDDC 090002
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
702 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC051-090012-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Ellis KS-
702 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited 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 3901 9911 3908 9919 3913 9909 3913 9904
3903 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 254DEG 23KT 3904 9904
$$
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, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.