Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 6:39 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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
- Apr 6, 2021, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 S Sanford, KS | REPORTS OF QUARTERS TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 6, 7:33 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Frizell, KS | REPORTS OF 2 INCH SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF FT. LARNED. |
| Apr 6, 7:34 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Frizell, KS | PENNY TO QUARTERS COVERING THE GROUND WAS REPORTED. |
| Apr 6, 7:34 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Frizell, KS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM FRIZELL. PENNY TO QUARTERS COVERING THE GROUND WAS REPORTED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 062339
SVRDDC
KSC047-145-165-070030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0005.210406T2339Z-210407T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
639 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Rush County in central Kansas...
North central Edwards County in south central Kansas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 639 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Garfield, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Larned, Otis, Garfield, Rozel, Timken, Ash Valley, Sanford, Frizell
and Shaffer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 9903 3826 9894 3820 9893 3800 9933
3811 9951 3866 9903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 223DEG 32KT 3808 9938
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
584
WWUS53 KDDC 070002
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
702 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
KSC047-070011-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210407T0030Z/
Edwards KS-
702 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central and central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3866 9903 3826 9903 3826 9894 3820 9893
3804 9928 3815 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 225DEG 26KT 3819 9929
$$
KSC145-165-070030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210407T0030Z/
Pawnee KS-Rush KS-
702 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PAWNEE AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES...
At 701 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Sanford,
moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Larned, Otis, Garfield, Rozel, Timken, Ash Valley, Sanford, Frizell
and Shaffer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3866 9903 3826 9903 3826 9894 3820 9893
3804 9928 3815 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 225DEG 26KT 3819 9929
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 18 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:03 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 46 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.