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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 4, 2021Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 4, 6:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	9 Nw Richfield, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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.

441 
WUUS53 KDDC 042300
SVRDDC
KSC129-187-042345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0124.210704T2300Z-210704T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Morton County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southwestern Stanton County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 559 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near The Saunders
  Elevator, moving south 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Morton and southwestern Stanton Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3751 10204 3743 10183 3713 10190 3720 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 015DEG 8KT 3744 10200 

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

HOVORKA

1 follow-up statement

834 
WWUS53 KDDC 042331
SVSDDC

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

KSC129-187-042345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210704T2345Z/
Morton KS-Stanton KS-
631 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTIES...

At 631 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of The
Saunders Elevator, moving south 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Morton and southwestern Stanton Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3744 10204 3744 10186 3743 10183 3713 10190
      3720 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 015DEG 8KT 3737 10202 

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, 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, 5:37 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, 6:07 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.