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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 9, 20214 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 11:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 9, 2021, 11:18 PM CDT (04:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 9, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 2169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -247 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

804 
WUUS53 KDDC 100418
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-101-171-100515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0130.210710T0418Z-210710T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1118 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
  Scott County in west central Kansas...
  Southwestern Lane County in west central Kansas...

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 1118 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Healy to near Scott City to 13 miles south of
  Leoti, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Healy, Shallow Water and Manning around 1130 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Amy, Friend and Dighton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3841 10031 3810 10063 3797 10129 3826 10143
      3826 10113 3845 10113 3848 10103 3869 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 322DEG 30KT 3866 10068 3846 10098 3830 10128 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TATRO

2 follow-up statements

471 
WWUS53 KDDC 100443
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1143 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

KSC055-093-101-171-100515-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-210710T0515Z/
Kearny KS-Finney KS-Scott KS-Lane KS-
1143 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...SOUTHERN SCOTT AND
SOUTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES...

At 1143 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Alamota to 7 miles east of Friend to 13 miles
north of Deerfield, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Kearny, northwestern Finney, southern Scott and
southwestern Lane Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3841 10031 3810 10063 3799 10119 3826 10138
      3826 10113 3836 10113 3845 10099 3861 10057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 313DEG 20KT 3842 10039 3827 10078 3817 10115 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TATRO

504 
WWUS53 KDDC 100505
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1205 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

KSC055-093-101-171-100515-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-210710T0515Z/
Kearny KS-Finney KS-Scott KS-Lane KS-
1205 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...
NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...SOUTHERN SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3841 10031 3810 10063 3799 10119 3826 10138
      3826 10113 3836 10113 3845 10099 3861 10057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 322DEG 30KT 3828 10025 3813 10064 3803 10101 

$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	38 min
Jul 9, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	31 min
Jul 9, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	48 min
Jul 9, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	27 min
Jul 9, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	36 min
Jul 9, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	34 min
Jul 10, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	44 min
Jul 10, 12:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Scott	4 hr
Jul 10, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny	52 min
Jul 10, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman	27 min
Jul 10, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	66 min
Jul 10, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	39 min
Jul 10, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	64 min
Jul 10, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	45 min
Jul 10, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	31 min
Jul 10, 2:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	38 min
Jul 10, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	32 min
Jul 10, 3:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego	45 min
Jul 10, 3:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	33 min
Jul 10, 3:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	37 min
Jul 10, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade, Seward	30 min
Jul 10, 4:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	41 min
Jul 10, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	35 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.