Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 12:14 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 25, 2021, 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2021, 12:43 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
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WUUS53 KDDC 250514
SVRDDC
KSC069-081-119-175-250600-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0082.210525T0514Z-210525T0600Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1214 AM CDT Tue May 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Seward County in southwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
Southwestern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
Southeastern Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 100 AM CDT.
* At 1213 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near
Sublette, moving east at 15 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...
Copeland and Tice.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3734 10072 3733 10073 3734 10073 3743 10096
3760 10091 3761 10055 3730 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 283DEG 7KT 3751 10085
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TURNER2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 250526
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1226 AM CDT Tue May 25 2021
KSC069-081-119-175-250600-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210525T0600Z/
Seward KS-Meade KS-Gray KS-Haskell KS-
1226 AM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN MEADE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAY AND
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...
At 1226 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sublette,
moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Sublette, Copeland and Tice.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3734 10072 3733 10073 3734 10073 3741 10091
3759 10090 3760 10055 3730 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 286DEG 9KT 3749 10079
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TURNER024
WWUS53 KDDC 250543
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1243 AM CDT Tue May 25 2021
KSC069-081-119-175-250553-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210525T0600Z/
Seward KS-Meade KS-Gray KS-Haskell KS-
1243 AM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...
NORTHWESTERN MEADE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAY AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened
below severe limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
Very heavy rainfall, small hail and dangerous lightning will
continue.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3734 10072 3733 10073 3734 10073 3741 10091
3759 10090 3760 10055 3730 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 283DEG 7KT 3748 10075
$$
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, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 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, 12:21 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 |
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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.