Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
| 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 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.
- 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
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
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
872
WWUS53 KDDC 220121
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
821 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
KSC007-033-220145-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-200622T0145Z/
Barber KS-Comanche KS-
821 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN BARBER AND SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTIES...
At 821 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles southwest of Buttermilk to near Hazelton,
moving south at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Hardtner, Sharon, Hazelton, Aetna and
Buttermilk.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9952 3714 9952 3723 9903 3731 9842
3730 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 342DEG 16KT 3703 9947 3712 9836
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RUSSELL861
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
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.