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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 4, 20214 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 5:37 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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, 5:49 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	2 Nne Copeland, KS

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
Jul 4, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 267 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.

352 
WUUS53 KDDC 042237
SVRDDC
KSC069-081-119-175-042315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0122.210704T2237Z-210704T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Seward County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Meade County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Gray County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 537 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Montezuma,
  moving south at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Montezuma around 540 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Copeland and Tice.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3739 10090 3773 10064 3764 10043 3728 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 019DEG 19KT 3765 10054 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

2 follow-up statements

494 
WWUS53 KDDC 042257
SVSDDC

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

KSC069-081-119-175-042315-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-210704T2315Z/
Seward KS-Meade KS-Gray KS-Haskell KS-
557 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...NORTHWESTERN MEADE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAY AND
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

At 557 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Copeland,
moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Copeland and Tice.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3738 10085 3763 10066 3755 10048 3729 10053
      3732 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 019DEG 19KT 3755 10058 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

591 
WWUS53 KDDC 042307
SVSDDC

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

KSC069-081-119-175-042317-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-210704T2315Z/
Seward KS-Meade KS-Gray KS-Haskell KS-
607 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...
NORTHWESTERN MEADE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAY AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3738 10085 3763 10066 3755 10048 3729 10053
      3732 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 019DEG 19KT 3750 10060 

$$

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, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	36 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, 5:56 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.