Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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
- May 24, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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 24, 9:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 N Plymell, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF PING PONG BALL SIZE HAILL. |
| May 24, 9:32 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 5 Ene Plymell, KS | 2 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY STORM CHASER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 520 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
278
WUUS53 KDDC 250215
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-081-250300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0075.210525T0215Z-210525T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
915 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
Western Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 914 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Plymell,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained spotters. Spotters have reported tennis ball
sized hail with this storm.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Pierceville and Charleston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3772 10090 3791 10090 3789 10048 3759 10048
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 281DEG 11KT 3781 10079
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
TURNER1 follow-up statement
895
WWUS53 KDDC 250229
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
929 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
KSC055-069-081-250300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210525T0300Z/
Finney KS-Gray KS-Haskell KS-
929 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY...WESTERN GRAY AND NORTHEASTERN HASKELL
COUNTIES...
At 929 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest
of Pierceville, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Pierceville and Charleston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3770 10082 3790 10083 3789 10048 3759 10048
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 281DEG 11KT 3780 10073
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 4 hr |
| May 24, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| May 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 48 min |
| May 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 46 min |
| May 24, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 48 min |
| May 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 12 hr |
| May 24, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 64 min |
| May 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 57 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 33 min |
| May 24, 9:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 6 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 45 min |
| May 24, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 40 min |
| May 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 48 min |
| May 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 51 min |
| May 24, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 50 min |
| May 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 33 min |
| May 24, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 49 min |
| May 24, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 36 min |
| May 25, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 48 min |
| May 25, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 29 min |
| May 25, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 39 min |
| May 25, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 45 min |
| May 25, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 61 min |
| May 25, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 56 min |
| May 25, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021
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.