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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 2021Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 5:43 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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 25, 2021, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 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 182 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.

662 
WUUS53 KDDC 252243
SVRDDC
KSC129-252345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0107.210625T2243Z-210625T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

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

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 543 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wilburton,
  moving northeast at 20 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...
  Rolla.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10187 3701 10189 3722 10156 3699 10156
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 233DEG 18KT 3699 10174 

HAIL...2.00IN
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, 4:13 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, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stevens	65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.