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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 2021Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 7:11 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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.

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 00:00Z, 0.2 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.

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: 1147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

207 
WUUS53 KDDC 260011
SVRDDC
KSC185-260100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0113.210626T0011Z-210626T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Stafford County in south central Kansas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 711 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stafford,
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northern Stafford County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3800 9891 3826 9890 3826 9847 3795 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 216DEG 24KT 3802 9856 

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

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

394 
WWUS53 KDDC 260036
SVSDDC

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

KSC185-260100-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-210626T0100Z/
Stafford KS-
736 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...

At 736 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hudson, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
Hudson and Seward. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3803 9878 3826 9882 3826 9847 3795 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 211DEG 22KT 3814 9867 

HAIL...1.50IN
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 25, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	38 min
Jun 25, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	49 min
Jun 25, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	33 min
Jun 25, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee	34 min
Jun 25, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	56 min
Jun 25, 8:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	52 min
Jun 25, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	48 min
Jun 25, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	47 min
Jun 25, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	45 min
Jun 25, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	50 min
Jun 25, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	43 min
Jun 25, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	47 min
Jun 25, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	45 min
Jun 25, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	39 min
Jun 26, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	30 min
Jun 26, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	56 min
Jun 26, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	62 min
Jun 26, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	40 min
Jun 26, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	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.