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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 4, 20214 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 3:54 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 36 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: Jul 4, 2021, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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
Jul 4, 4:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 N Cimarron, KS	POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN.
Jul 4, 4:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	8 N Cimarron, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 333 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: 997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.3

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The text

As transmitted.

153 
WUUS53 KDDC 042054
SVRDDC
KSC055-057-069-083-042130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0118.210704T2054Z-210704T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
354 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas...
  Eastern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northeastern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 354 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
  of Kalvesta, moving southwest at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cimarron and Howell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3816 10027 3805 10004 3771 10011 3784 10044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 029DEG 7KT 3794 10019 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

1 follow-up statement

393 
WWUS53 KDDC 042120
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
420 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

KSC055-057-069-083-042130-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-210704T2130Z/
Ford KS-Finney KS-Hodgeman KS-Gray KS-
420 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD...EASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN AND
NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

At 419 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Howell, moving southwest at 10 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Cimarron, Howell and Kalvesta. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3810 10030 3796 10007 3771 10011 3784 10044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 029DEG 7KT 3790 10022 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	42 min
Jul 4, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	40 min
Jul 4, 1:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	52 min
Jul 4, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	44 min
Jul 4, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	37 min
Jul 4, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	52 min
Jul 4, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	48 min
Jul 4, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	43 min
Jul 4, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	33 min
Jul 4, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	38 min
Jul 4, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	49 min
Jul 4, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton	45 min
Jul 4, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	38 min
Jul 4, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell, Seward	47 min
Jul 4, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	41 min
Jul 4, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	40 min
Jul 4, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	50 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.