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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 7:26 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 10 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, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Apr 6, 7:44 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Frizell, KS | 2.5 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Apr 6, 7:44 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Frizell, KS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM FRIZELL. 2.5 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Apr 6, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Se Ash Valley, KS | REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 6, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Se Ash Valley, KS | 1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED. |
| Apr 6, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Larned, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 6, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Larned, KS | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). |
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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
967
WUUS53 KDDC 070026
SVRDDC
KSC145-165-070115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0007.210407T0026Z-210407T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
726 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Southeastern Rush County in central Kansas...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 726 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Frizell,
moving northeast at 20 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, Garfield, Ash Valley, Sanford and Frizell.
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 3802 9926 3822 9937 3840 9903 3826 9903
3826 9892 3809 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 243DEG 15KT 3815 9925
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
118
WWUS53 KDDC 070052
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
752 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
KSC165-070102-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210407T0115Z/
Rush KS-
752 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central and central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3811 9892 3809 9926 3824 9933 3835 9904
3826 9903 3826 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 245DEG 14KT 3820 9914
$$
KSC145-070115-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210407T0115Z/
Pawnee KS-
752 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY...
At 752 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Larned, moving
northeast at 15 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 and Frizell.
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 3811 9892 3809 9926 3824 9933 3835 9904
3826 9903 3826 9892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 245DEG 14KT 3820 9914
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, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 59 min |
| Apr 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 36 min |
| Apr 6, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 55 min |
| Apr 7, 3:59 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Morton, Ness and 4 more | 15 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.