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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 4, 2021Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 6:35 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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, 6:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 51	1 Ese Scott State Lake, KS	MESONET STATION K5SCT 1 ESE SCOTT STATE LAKE.

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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 247 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: 204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

639 
WUUS53 KDDC 042335
SVRDDC
KSC171-050015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0126.210704T2335Z-210705T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Scott County in west central Kansas...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 635 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Scott State
  Lake, moving south at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Scott State Lake around 640 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Scott
City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3866 10069 3844 10077 3851 10113 3856 10113
      3870 10100 3870 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 017DEG 8KT 3868 10087 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HOVORKA

1 follow-up statement

905 
WWUS53 KDDC 050001
SVSDDC

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

KSC171-050015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-210705T0015Z/
Scott KS-
701 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

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

At 701 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Scott State
Lake, moving south at 10 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
  Scott City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3851 10113 3856 10113 3865 10105 3863 10086
      3847 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 017DEG 8KT 3863 10089 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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, 6:28 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, 6:40 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.