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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 6:44 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Pfeifer, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 2 INCH HAIL. |
| Apr 6, 6:59 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Rush Center, KS | REPORTS OF NICKELS TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN RUSH CENTER. |
| Apr 6, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | La Crosse, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS OF PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
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 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
- 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.
064
WUUS53 KDDC 062344
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-070030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0006.210406T2344Z-210407T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
644 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Rush County in central Kansas...
Southeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 643 PM CDT, a line of severe thunderstorms extended from near
Liebenthal to southwest of Rush center, moving northeast at 35 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.
* Locations impacted include...
La Crosse, Victoria, Walker, Bison, Rush Center, Timken, Loretta
and Pfeifer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3862 9903
3835 9929 3840 9948 3898 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 216DEG 32KT 3858 9924
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
104
WWUS53 KDDC 070006
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
706 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
KSC051-165-070030-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210407T0030Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
706 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...
At 706 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Bison,
moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
La Crosse, Victoria, Walker, Bison, Rush Center, Timken, Loretta and
Pfeifer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3862 9903
3835 9929 3842 9942 3898 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 217DEG 23KT 3853 9922
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush | 51 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.