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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 2021Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 5:20 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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 25, 2021, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5:58 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	2 W Wilmore, KS	70 MPH WIND GUST 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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

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The text

As transmitted.

386 
WUUS53 KDDC 252220
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-252315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0105.210625T2220Z-210625T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

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

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 519 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of
  Buttermilk, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  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...
  Aetna.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3701 9951 3738 9922 3706 9877 3700 9891
      3700 9950
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 235DEG 25KT 3695 9928 

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

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

524 
WWUS53 KDDC 252307
SVSDDC

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

KSC007-033-252317-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-210625T2315Z/
Barber KS-Comanche KS-
607 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BARBER AND
SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3701 9951 3738 9922 3706 9877 3700 9891
      3700 9950
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 235DEG 25KT 3714 9894 

$$

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, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	47 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, 5:40 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.