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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 7, 20234 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2023, 5:49 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 7, 2023, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2023, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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: 612 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.4

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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 7, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 1:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
103 AM CDT Fri Jul 7 2023

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081200-
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-
103 AM CDT Fri Jul 7 2023 /1203 AM MDT Fri Jul 7 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

Isolated afternoon and evening storms will be possible across the
forecast area. Hail, damaging winds, and localized flooding are
the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Bouts of thunderstorms will be possible during this period. Strong
to severe storms cannot be ruled out.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and tonight.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 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
Jul 6, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	41 min
Jul 6, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Kearny	46 min
Jul 6, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	52 min
Jul 6, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kearny	44 min
Jul 6, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	37 min
Jul 7, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	27 min
Jul 7, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	52 min
Jul 7, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	46 min
Jul 7, 12:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	3 hr
Jul 7, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell, Meade	62 min
Jul 7, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	44 min
Jul 7, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	50 min
Jul 7, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Stanton	35 min
Jul 7, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray, Haskell	42 min
Jul 7, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	45 min
Jul 7, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Stanton, Stevens	43 min
Jul 7, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	38 min
Jul 7, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Morton, Stanton	38 min
Jul 7, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Grant, Seward, Stevens	41 min
Jul 7, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Meade, Seward	19 min
Jul 7, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Morton, Stevens	50 min
Jul 7, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward, Stevens	44 min
Jul 7, 6:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Clark, Meade, Seward	3 hr
Jul 7, 2:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DDC	Meade	11 hr
Jul 7, 2:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DDC	Meade	22 hr
Jul 7, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	41 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.