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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 2, 2023Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2023, 9:13 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2023, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2023, 9:38 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 2, 8:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 8:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:17 AM CDT, 16 hours 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
417 AM CDT Sun Jul 2 2023

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-030930-
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-
417 AM CDT Sun Jul 2 2023 /317 AM MDT Sun Jul 2 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

There is a chance of thunderstorms late this afternoon and early
tonight. Hail as large as golfballs and wind gusts to 60 mph are
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

There are chances for thunderstorms during the evenings and
nights from Wednesday through Saturday. It is too early to tell
if these will be severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Storm spotters may be needed this evening after 6 pm.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:40 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:55 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:05 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton55 min
Jul 2, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton44 min
Jul 2, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny53 min
Jul 2, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny40 min
Jul 2, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny62 min
Jul 2, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott47 min
Jul 2, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny35 min
Jul 2, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney35 min
Jul 2, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens40 min
Jul 2, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray39 min
Jul 2, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman32 min
Jul 2, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell49 min
Jul 2, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman44 min
Jul 2, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray39 min
Jul 2, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade40 min
Jul 3, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford93 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.