Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2020, 5:16 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 21, 2020, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 5:19 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | 1 Wsw Hanston, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 2453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KDDC 212216
SVRDDC
KSC055-069-083-135-212300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0101.200621T2216Z-200621T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
516 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
Ness County in west central Kansas...
Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 516 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles northwest of Gray to 7 miles northwest of
Spearville, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Gray, Ness City, Jetmore, Hanston and Kalvesta.
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 these storms. 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 these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 9975 3793 9957 3793 10059 3826 10030
3826 10025 3832 10025 3856 10003
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 277DEG 18KT 3825 9975 3793 9984
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KDDC 212251
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
551 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
KSC055-069-212301-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-200621T2300Z/
Finney KS-Gray KS-
551 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY AND
NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3830 9967 3793 9957 3793 10021 3796 10016
3806 10004 3814 9995 3825 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 277DEG 18KT 3823 9954 3791 9964
$$
KSC083-135-212300-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-200621T2300Z/
Ness KS-Hodgeman KS-
551 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN NESS AND CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES...
At 551 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Burdett to near Bellefont, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Gray, Jetmore and Hanston.
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 these storms.
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 these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3830 9967 3793 9957 3793 10021 3796 10016
3806 10004 3814 9995 3825 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 277DEG 18KT 3823 9954 3791 9964
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Kearny | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 5:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Meade | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Seward | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 49 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.