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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2021, 3:50 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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 26, 2021, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 4:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 2211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
396
WFUS53 KDDC 262050
TORDDC
KSC051-262130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0007.210526T2050Z-210526T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
350 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Ellis County in central Kansas...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 350 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pfeifer, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Victoria and Walker.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3893 9904 3871 9904 3870 9921 3875 9929
3895 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 241DEG 9KT 3873 9921
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
SUGDEN2 follow-up statements
789
WWUS53 KDDC 262100
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
400 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
KSC051-262130-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210526T2130Z/
Ellis KS-
400 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...
At 400 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pfeifer, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Walker.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3893 9904 3871 9904 3871 9918 3875 9921
3895 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 241DEG 10KT 3874 9917
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
SUGDEN392
WWUS53 KDDC 262106
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
406 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
KSC051-262116-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210526T2130Z/
Ellis KS-
406 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
LAT...LON 3893 9904 3871 9904 3871 9918 3875 9921
3895 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 241DEG 9KT 3875 9915
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 31 min |
| May 25, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 31 min |
| May 25, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 29 min |
| May 25, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 24 min |
| May 26, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 29 min |
| May 26, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 36 min |
| May 26, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 43 min |
| May 26, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 63 min |
| May 26, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 43 min |
| May 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 67 min |
| May 26, 2:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis | 4 hr |
| May 26, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 43 min |
| May 26, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 57 min |
| May 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 48 min |
| May 26, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 22 min |
| May 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| May 26, 6:52 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DDC | Ellis | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.