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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 22, 2023Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2023, 6:30 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2023, 6:30 AM MDT (12:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2023, 7:15 AM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 4:26 AM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 4:26 AM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 1:41 AM MDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
241 AM CDT Thu Jun 22 2023

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-230745-
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
241 AM CDT Thu Jun 22 2023 /141 AM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A marginal risk of severe storms will be possible this evening.
The strongest storms will be capable of producing large hail and
damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Tuesday

A slight risk of severe storms will be possible Friday evening.
The strongest storms will be capable of producing large hail and
damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:28 AM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:55 AM MDT, 35 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 5:28 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	32 min
Jun 22, 5:50 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	40 min
Jun 22, 5:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	35 min
Jun 22, 6:31 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	44 min
Jun 22, 7:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	49 min
Jun 22, 7:31 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	44 min
Jun 22, 8:04 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	26 min
Jun 22, 8:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	48 min
Jun 22, 8:54 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell, Seward	66 min
Jun 22, 9:01 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	31 min
Jun 22, 9:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.