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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 2021Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 16, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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 16, 6:52 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 W Otis, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

620 
WUUS53 KDDC 162324
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-170015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0055.210516T2324Z-210517T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
624 PM CDT Sun May 16 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 715 PM CDT.

* At 624 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pfeifer,
  moving southwest at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Loretta around 640 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Otis
and Bison.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3872 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3858 9903
      3846 9910 3857 9932 3875 9910
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 033DEG 15KT 3867 9907 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GERARD

2 follow-up statements

750 
WWUS53 KDDC 162347
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
647 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

KSC051-162357-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210517T0015Z/
Ellis KS-
647 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3870 9903 3858 9903 3846 9910 3857 9932
      3867 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 028DEG 13KT 3857 9911 

$$

KSC165-170015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210517T0015Z/
Rush KS-
647 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY...

At 647 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Otis, moving
southwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Bison.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9903 3858 9903 3846 9910 3857 9932
      3867 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 028DEG 13KT 3857 9911 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GERARD

493 
WWUS53 KDDC 170013
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
713 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

KSC165-170023-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210517T0015Z/
Rush KS-
713 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 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.  However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Dodge City.

LAT...LON 3870 9903 3858 9903 3846 9910 3857 9932
      3867 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 033DEG 15KT 3848 9918 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	49 min
May 15, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	41 min
May 15, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	35 min
May 15, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton, Stevens	48 min
May 15, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	46 min
May 15, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	43 min
May 15, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	42 min
May 15, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stevens	38 min
May 15, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	23 min
May 15, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Wichita	41 min
May 15, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	52 min
May 15, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	49 min
May 15, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	44 min
May 15, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	41 min
May 15, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	36 min
May 15, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	42 min
May 15, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	18 min
May 15, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	38 min
May 15, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell, Seward	47 min
May 15, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	34 min
May 15, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	14 min
May 15, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	23 min
May 15, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Gray, Meade	43 min
May 16, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	45 min
May 16, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	27 min
May 16, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	45 min
May 16, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	47 min
May 16, 1:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Scott	3 hr
May 16, 3:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DDC	Lane, Scott	25 hr
May 16, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	56 min
May 16, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	40 min
May 16, 6:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Rush	3 hr

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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.