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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 8, 2021Ellis County, Kansas

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.

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

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

237 
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
 
$$

TATRO
2 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
 
$$

TATRO
013 
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 

$$

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, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush39 min
May 8, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis46 min
May 8, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis37 min
May 8, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush41 min

Nearby

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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.