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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 4, 2021Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 8:24 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 8:50 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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, 8:32 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 Wsw Wilburton, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 1508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

610 
WUUS53 KDDC 050124
SVRDDC
KSC129-050215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0127.210705T0124Z-210705T0215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

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

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 824 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wilburton,
  moving southwest at 25 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 be near...
  Elkhart around 840 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3715 10181 3702 10167 3699 10170 3699 10204
      3704 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 053DEG 21KT 3705 10182 

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

HOVORKA

1 follow-up statement

759 
WWUS53 KDDC 050150
SVSDDC

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

KSC129-050200-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-210705T0215Z/
Morton KS-
850 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3715 10181 3702 10167 3699 10170 3699 10204
      3704 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 053DEG 21KT 3696 10197 

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	39 min
Jul 4, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	39 min
Jul 4, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	52 min
Jul 4, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	48 min
Jul 4, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	40 min
Jul 4, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	17 min
Jul 4, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	47 min
Jul 4, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	49 min
Jul 4, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	43 min
Jul 4, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	26 min
Jul 4, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	48 min

Nearby

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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.