Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 6:49 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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, 6:55 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 082349
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-090030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0035.210508T2349Z-210509T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
649 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Rush County in central Kansas...
Southeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 648 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near
Liebenthal, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Loretta around 700 PM CDT.
Pfeifer around 705 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Walker.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9903 3860 9903 3859 9943
3869 9944 3888 9918 3892 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 246DEG 28KT 3865 9932
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO3 follow-up statements
823
WWUS53 KDDC 082358
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
658 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC051-165-090030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210509T0030Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
658 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...
At 658 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Liebenthal,
moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Pfeifer, Victoria and Walker.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9903 3865 9903 3863 9932
3870 9942 3888 9918 3892 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 238DEG 24KT 3869 9925
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO639
WWUS53 KDDC 090011
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
711 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC165-090020-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210509T0030Z/
Rush KS-
711 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
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 3873 9905 3870 9906 3870 9921 3873 9930
3888 9918 3892 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 246DEG 28KT 3873 9913
$$
KSC051-090030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210509T0030Z/
Ellis KS-
711 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...
At 710 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pfeifer, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Public reported quarter sized hail in Liebenthal at 655 PM.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Victoria, Walker and Pfeifer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3873 9905 3870 9906 3870 9921 3873 9930
3888 9918 3892 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 246DEG 28KT 3873 9913
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TATRO601
WWUS53 KDDC 090023
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
723 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC051-090032-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210509T0030Z/
Ellis KS-
723 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 730 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.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3873 9905 3870 9906 3870 9921 3873 9930
3888 9918 3892 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 246DEG 28KT 3877 9902
$$
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, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 21 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.