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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 2021Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 5:40 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	5 Se Rolla, KS	BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED, DAMAGE TO TRACTOR WINDOWS IN THE FIELD.
Jun 25, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 58	1 Wsw Hugoton, KS	AWOS STATION KHQG HUGOTON.

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.

749 
WUUS53 KDDC 252240
SVRDDC
KSC189-252345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0106.210625T2240Z-210625T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Stevens County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 540 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hugoton,
  moving east at 20 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...
  Hugoton around 550 PM CDT.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10156 3721 10155 3733 10107 3700 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 255DEG 18KT 3711 10139 

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

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

792 
WWUS53 KDDC 252254
SVSDDC

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

KSC189-252345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-210625T2345Z/
Stevens KS-
554 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR STEVENS COUNTY...

At 552 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hugoton, moving
east at 30 mph.

This is a very dangerous storm.

HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 540 PM CDT BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 
         WAS REPORTED 5 miles southeast of ROLLA. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. 
         Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, 
         siding, and vehicles.

Locations impacted include...
  Woods.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10156 3721 10155 3733 10107 3700 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 249DEG 25KT 3712 10133 

HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	55 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.