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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 2021Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 4:13 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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: Jun 25, 2021, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 25, 4:54 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 S Wilburton, KS	QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
Jun 25, 4:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	5 Wnw Elkhart, KS	MESONET STATION CW8810 ELKHART.
Jun 25, 5:01 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 S Wilburton, KS	CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 3 S WILBURTON. QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

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 25, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

817 
WUUS53 KDDC 252113
SVRDDC
KSC129-252200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0102.210625T2113Z-210625T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
413 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Morton County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 412 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest
  of Elkhart, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Elkhart around 430 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Wilburton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3724 10204 3731 10181 3700 10169 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 253DEG 24KT 3708 10206 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

246 
WWUS53 KDDC 252151
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
451 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

KSC129-252200-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-210625T2200Z/
Morton KS-
451 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN MORTON COUNTY...

At 450 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Richfield,
moving northeast at 25 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Richfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3724 10204 3731 10181 3700 10169 3700 10183
      3704 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 238DEG 22KT 3717 10180 

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

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton, Stanton, Stevens	57 min
Jun 24, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	43 min
Jun 24, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	46 min
Jun 24, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	35 min
Jun 24, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	49 min
Jun 24, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	40 min
Jun 24, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	29 min
Jun 24, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	30 min
Jun 24, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	48 min
Jun 24, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	38 min
Jun 24, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	41 min
Jun 24, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	52 min
Jun 24, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	47 min
Jun 24, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	47 min
Jun 24, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	42 min
Jun 24, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Rush	48 min
Jun 24, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	42 min
Jun 24, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	43 min
Jun 24, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	51 min
Jun 25, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell	38 min
Jun 25, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	28 min
Jun 25, 12:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	41 min
Jun 25, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	51 min
Jun 25, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	37 min
Jun 25, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	42 min
Jun 25, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	48 min
Jun 25, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	43 min
Jun 25, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	40 min
Jun 25, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	55 min
Jun 25, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stevens	65 min
Jun 25, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	62 min
Jun 25, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Pratt	42 min
Jun 25, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	64 min
Jun 25, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	58 min
Jun 25, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	63 min
Jun 25, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	65 min
Jun 25, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	63 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.