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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 19, 2021Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 9:59 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
Jun 19, 2021, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 10:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 651 N Hays, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

760 
WUUS53 KDDC 200259
SVRDDC
KSC051-200345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0093.210620T0259Z-210620T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
959 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 957 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Codell to 7 miles southwest of Antonino, moving
  east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Munjor around 1015 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Pfeifer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9960 3913 9959 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 271DEG 43KT 3927 9917 3871 9950 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SPRINGER
1 follow-up statement
508 
WWUS53 KDDC 200313
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1013 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

KSC051-200345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210620T0345Z/
Ellis KS-
1013 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR ELLIS COUNTY...

At 1013 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northeast of Natoma to near Schoenchen, moving
east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Law enforcement.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
Ellis County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9960 3913 9959 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 271DEG 43KT 3927 9897 3871 9930 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny52 min
Jun 19, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton53 min
Jun 19, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego58 min
Jun 19, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 7 more45 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.