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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 24, 2021Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 4:41 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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: Jun 24, 2021, 4:41 PM MDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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
Jun 24, 5:06 PM MDT	HAIL 1.75	8 N Coolidge, KS	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

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
Jun 24, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -689 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 341 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

056 
WUUS53 KDDC 242241
SVRDDC
KSC075-242330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0095.210624T2241Z-210624T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
441 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

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

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 441 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast
  of Hartman, or 12 miles north of Coolidge, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10176 3802 10177 3807 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 281DEG 11KT 3821 10206 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TURNER

2 follow-up statements

763 
WWUS53 KDDC 242251
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
451 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

KSC075-242330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210624T2330Z/
Hamilton KS-
451 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...

At 451 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of
Coolidge, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tennis 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 Hamilton County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10176 3802 10177 3807 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 284DEG 15KT 3819 10198 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TURNER

831 
WWUS53 KDDC 242313
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
513 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

KSC075-242330-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210624T2330Z/
Hamilton KS-
513 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...

At 513 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of
Coolidge, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch 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 Hamilton County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10200 3826 10176 3802 10177 3806 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 295DEG 12KT 3815 10189 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 8:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	32 min
Jun 23, 9:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	25 min
Jun 23, 9:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	33 min
Jun 23, 10:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	28 min
Jun 23, 10:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	47 min
Jun 23, 11:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	56 min
Jun 23, 11:50 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	18 hr
Jun 23, 11:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	65 min
Jun 24, 12:19 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	41 min
Jun 24, 4:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	39 min
Jun 24, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	35 min
Jun 24, 5:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	44 min
Jun 24, 5:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	49 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.