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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 9, 2021Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 11:01 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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, 11:01 PM MDT (05:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 11:45 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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.

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, 8:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

981 
WUUS53 KDDC 100501
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-100545-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0131.210710T0501Z-210710T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1201 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 1245 AM CDT/1145 PM MDT/.

* At 1200 AM CDT/1100 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located very
  near Syracuse, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...60 mph winds at the Syracuse airport at 1059 PM MDT.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Kendall around 1110 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3823 10166 3816 10116 3774 10152 3774 10154
      3793 10185
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 313DEG 45KT 3796 10173 

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

TATRO

2 follow-up statements

145 
WWUS53 KDDC 100528
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1228 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

KSC075-093-100545-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-210710T0545Z/
Hamilton KS-Kearny KS-
1228 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM
CDT/1145 PM MDT/ FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN KEARNY
COUNTIES...

At 1228 AM CDT/1128 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Kendall, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Hamilton and northern Kearny Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3820 10158 3816 10116 3780 10150 3777 10154
      3789 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 281DEG 20KT 3797 10156 

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

TATRO

763 
WWUS53 KDDC 100535
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1235 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

KSC075-093-100545-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-210710T0545Z/
Hamilton KS-Kearny KS-
1235 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND
NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT/1145 PM MDT/...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT/100 AM
MDT/ for southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3820 10158 3816 10116 3780 10150 3777 10154
      3789 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 313DEG 45KT 3793 10151 

$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 9:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	38 min
Jul 9, 9:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	31 min
Jul 9, 10:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	48 min
Jul 9, 10:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Lane, Scott	57 min
Jul 9, 10:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	27 min
Jul 9, 10:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	36 min
Jul 9, 10:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	34 min
Jul 9, 11:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Scott	4 hr
Jul 9, 11:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny	52 min
Jul 9, 11:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman	27 min
Jul 10, 12:09 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	66 min
Jul 10, 12:21 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens	39 min
Jul 10, 12:26 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	64 min
Jul 10, 12:45 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	45 min
Jul 10, 1:29 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	31 min
Jul 10, 1:37 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	38 min
Jul 10, 1:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	32 min
Jul 10, 2:15 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego	45 min
Jul 10, 2:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	33 min
Jul 10, 2:38 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	37 min
Jul 10, 3:00 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade, Seward	30 min
Jul 10, 3:34 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	41 min
Jul 10, 5:55 AM MDT	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.