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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2023, 5:50 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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
- Jul 4, 2023, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2023, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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.
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 4, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 4, 2:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:39 AM CDT, 13 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 439 AM CDT Tue Jul 4 2023 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-050945- 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- 439 AM CDT Tue Jul 4 2023 /339 AM MDT Tue Jul 4 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 this evening and tonight. These could be severe with damaging winds and large hail, especially across central Kansas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday There are chances for thunderstorms each evening and night through the weekend. It is too early to tell if these will be severe. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Storm spotters will be needed this evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:28 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
528 PM CDT Tue Jul 4 2023
KSZ043-042315-
Scott KS-
528 PM CDT Tue Jul 4 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Scott
County through 615 PM CDT...
At 527 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles northwest of Scott State Lake to 7
miles northeast of Leoti. Movement was southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Scott State Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
west central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10076 3851 10113 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 293DEG 17KT 3875 10105 3858 10128
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 25 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.