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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 4, 2021Haskell County, Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 6:28 PM CDT for Haskell County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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: Jul 4, 2021, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Haskell County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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.

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 240 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

517 
WUUS53 KDDC 042328
SVRDDC
KSC081-175-050015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0125.210704T2328Z-210705T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Seward County in southwestern Kansas...
  Southeastern Haskell County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 628 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sublette,
  moving south at 15 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northern Seward and southeastern Haskell Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10107 3726 10107 3753 10091 3747 10070
      3713 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 017DEG 14KT 3744 10084 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

2 follow-up statements

099 
WWUS53 KDDC 042338
SVSDDC

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

KSC081-175-050015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-210705T0015Z/
Seward KS-Haskell KS-
638 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SEWARD AND SOUTH CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTIES...

At 638 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sublette,
moving south at 15 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Seward and south central Haskell Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10107 3726 10106 3741 10095 3742 10072
      3713 10077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 017DEG 14KT 3740 10086 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

185 
WWUS53 KDDC 050002
SVSDDC

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

KSC081-050012-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-210705T0015Z/
Haskell KS-
702 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3720 10107 3726 10106 3735 10099 3731 10081
      3715 10085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 017DEG 14KT 3731 10090 

$$

KSC175-050015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-210705T0015Z/
Seward KS-
702 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SEWARD COUNTY...

At 702 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Satanta, moving south at 15 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Seward County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3720 10107 3726 10106 3735 10099 3731 10081
      3715 10085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 017DEG 14KT 3731 10090 

HAIL...1.50IN
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, 6:00 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, 6:34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.