Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.). |
| Apr 6, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Larned, KS | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
| Apr 6, 9:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Radium, KS |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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.
201
WUUS53 KDDC 070115
SVRDDC
KSC145-185-070215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0008.210407T0115Z-210407T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
815 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Pawnee County in south central Kansas...
Northwestern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 815 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Larned,
moving east at 15 mph.
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...
Larned, Seward, Radium 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 3810 9918 3827 9923 3835 9903 3826 9903
3826 9881 3811 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 248DEG 14KT 3820 9909
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
416
WWUS53 KDDC 070137
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
837 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
KSC145-185-070215-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210407T0215Z/
Pawnee KS-Stafford KS-
837 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES...
At 836 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pawnee Rock, or
near Radium, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 830 PM CDT, Quarter size hail
was reported in Larned.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Larned, Seward and Radium.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3810 9910 3828 9911 3833 9903 3826 9903
3826 9881 3811 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 248DEG 14KT 3823 9899
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 49 min |
| Apr 6, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 59 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.