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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 21, 2020Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2020, 7:45 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 21, 2020, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2020, 8:27 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2020-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2020-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

262 
WUUS53 KDDC 220045
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-220145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0113.200622T0045Z-200622T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
745 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Barber County in south central Kansas...
  Comanche County in south central Kansas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 745 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Sun City, moving southeast at 30 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...
  Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Coldwater, Protection, Hardtner, Sharon,
  Hazelton, Lake City, Aetna, Lake Coldwater and Buttermilk.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9952 3726 9954 3745 9847 3739 9846
      3738 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 306DEG 30KT 3726 9897 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

FINCH
2 follow-up statements
872 
WWUS53 KDDC 220121
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
821 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

KSC007-033-220145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-200622T0145Z/
Barber KS-Comanche KS-
821 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN BARBER AND SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTIES...

At 821 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles southwest of Buttermilk to near Hazelton,
moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Hardtner, Sharon, Hazelton, Aetna and
Buttermilk.

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 3700 9952 3714 9952 3723 9903 3731 9842
      3730 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 342DEG 16KT 3703 9947 3712 9836 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RUSSELL
861 
WWUS53 KDDC 220127
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
827 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

KSC007-033-220137-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-200622T0145Z/
Barber KS-Comanche KS-
827 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BARBER AND SOUTHERN
COMANCHE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is
still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3700 9952 3714 9952 3723 9903 3731 9842
      3730 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 306DEG 30KT 3700 9942 3709 9831 

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade42 min
Jun 22, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.