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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 2021Ford County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 8:18 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 40 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

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The text

As transmitted.

680 
WUUS53 KDDC 260045
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-260130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0115.210626T0045Z-210626T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
745 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Gray County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 744 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located very near Ensign,
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Howell around 800 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3748 10063 3791 10049 3791 9976 3747 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 213DEG 32KT 3767 10026 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RUSSELL

1 follow-up statement

963 
WWUS53 KDDC 260118
SVSDDC

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

KSC057-069-260128-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-210626T0130Z/
Ford KS-Gray KS-
818 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN FORD AND GRAY COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3748 10063 3791 10049 3791 9976 3747 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 213DEG 32KT 3793 10005 

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	49 min
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, 7:59 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.