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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 25, 2018Finney County, Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2018, 7:42 PM CDT for Finney County, Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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: Jul 25, 2018, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2018, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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
Jul 25, 7:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	5 Ssw Amy, KS	SMALL HAIL ALSO OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM.
Jul 25, 8:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	15 E Friend, KS	8 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN. DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO OCCURRED.

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
Jul 25, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.7

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The text

As transmitted.

917 
WUUS53 KDDC 260042
SVRDDC
KSC055-101-171-260130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0331.180726T0042Z-180726T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
742 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2018

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Scott County in west central Kansas...
  Southwestern Lane County in west central Kansas...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 742 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles southwest 
  of Amy, moving south at 20 mph. This replaces the previous warning 
  for Scott and Lane counties.

  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...
  Amy and Grigston. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3848 10077 3849 10051 3817 10036 3817 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 352DEG 19KT 3846 10066 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

2 follow-up statements

669 
WWUS53 KDDC 260100
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
800 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2018

KSC055-101-171-260130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-180726T0130Z/
Finney KS-Scott KS-Lane KS-
800 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN LANE
COUNTIES...

At 800 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Amy, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Finney...southeastern Scott and southwestern Lane
Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3844 10075 3844 10051 3817 10036 3817 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 352DEG 19KT 3836 10064 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

136 
WWUS53 KDDC 260113
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
813 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2018

KSC055-101-171-260130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-180726T0130Z/
Finney KS-Scott KS-Lane KS-
813 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN LANE
COUNTIES...

At 813 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles south of
Amy, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Finney...southeastern Scott and southwestern Lane
Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3844 10075 3844 10051 3817 10036 3817 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 352DEG 19KT 3829 10063 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	51 min
Jul 25, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	36 min
Jul 25, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	45 min
Jul 25, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	47 min
Jul 25, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	29 min
Jul 25, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	64 min
Jul 25, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	78 min
Jul 25, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane	46 min
Jul 25, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	43 min
Jul 25, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Meade	66 min
Jul 25, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	47 min
Jul 25, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade	48 min
Jul 25, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	60 min
Jul 25, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	45 min
Jul 25, 10:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	43 min
Jul 25, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane, Scott	36 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.