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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 2021Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 6:35 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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 16, 2021, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

568 
WUUS53 KDDC 162335
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-170015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0056.210516T2335Z-210517T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
635 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Rush County in central Kansas...
  Southwestern Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 634 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Liebenthal, 
  and is nearly stationary. Another severe thunderstorm was located 
  5 miles north of McCracken and was also nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Schoenchen and Liebenthal.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3864 9958 3873 9958 3872 9928 3858 9930
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 288DEG 1KT 3866 9941 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GERARD

2 follow-up statements

630 
WWUS53 KDDC 162359
SVSDDC

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

KSC051-170009-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210517T0015Z/
Ellis KS-
659 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3858 9930 3864 9958 3870 9958 3870 9928
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 009DEG 1KT 3865 9941 

$$

KSC165-170015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210517T0015Z/
Rush KS-
659 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

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

At 659 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Liebenthal, and
is nearly stationary.

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...
Liebenthal.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3858 9930 3864 9958 3870 9958 3870 9928
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 009DEG 1KT 3865 9941 

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

GERARD

714 
WWUS53 KDDC 170014
SVSDDC

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

KSC165-170024-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210517T0015Z/
Rush KS-
714 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy 
rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3858 9930 3864 9958 3870 9958 3870 9928
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 288DEG 1KT 3865 9941 

$$

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, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.