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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 14, 2023Ellis County, Rush County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 1:26 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Trego 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: Jul 14, 2023, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2023, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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
Jul 14, 1:46 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	2 Nw Antonino, KS	Wind estimated at 60 to 70 mph. Visibility was reduced to 200 yards. Report received through social media.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 20 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 14, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 3096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

As transmitted.

660 
WUUS53 KDDC 141826
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-195-141915-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0183.230714T1826Z-230714T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
126 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Trego County in west central Kansas...
  Northern Rush County in central Kansas...
  Ellis County in central Kansas...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 126 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles south of Zurich to 6 miles southeast of
  Cedar Bluff, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Antonino around 145 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Schoenchen, Munjor, Pfeifer and Loretta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9903 3863 9903 3870 9967
      3913 9948 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 270DEG 40KT 3910 9945 3872 9964 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

TATRO

3 follow-up statements

313 
WWUS53 KDDC 141841
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
141 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

KSC195-141851-
/O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-230714T1915Z/
Trego KS-
141 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9903 3863 9903 3869 9954
      3913 9935 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 274DEG 45KT 3907 9921 3869 9940 

$$

KSC051-165-141915-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-230714T1915Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
141 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND ELLIS COUNTIES...

At 141 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northwest of Emmeram to near Schoenchen,
moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Hays, Victoria, Walker, Catherine, Schoenchen, Loretta, Emmeram,
Yocemento, Pfeifer, Toulon, Munjor and Antonino.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9903 3863 9903 3869 9954
      3913 9935 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 274DEG 45KT 3907 9921 3869 9940 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

TATRO

388 
WWUS53 KDDC 141901
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
201 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

KSC051-165-141915-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-230714T1915Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
201 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES...

At 201 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles north of Gorham to near Pfeifer, moving east
at 25 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Victoria, Walker, Pfeifer and Loretta. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9903 3863 9903 3866 9931
      3903 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 277DEG 37KT 3899 9900 3869 9912 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

TATRO

699 
WWUS53 KDDC 141907
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
207 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

KSC051-165-141917-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-230714T1915Z/
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
207 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3870 9904 3870 9903 3863 9903 3866 9931
      3903 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 270DEG 40KT 3899 9893 3869 9905 

$$

TATRO

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 14, 12:46 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 12:46 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1246 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...Mesoscale Discussion Update...

.MESOSCALE DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1246 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

Strong to severe storms are ongoing around the Hays area this
early afternoon as convection propagated southeast out of
northwest and north central Kansas. A weak surface trough
extending from just west of Hays to east of Dodge City has
concentrated mid 70 to near 80 dewpoints with associated MLCAPE of
4000+ J/kg along with minimal inhibition existing. This along with
30+ kt effective layer shear and 40+ kt anvil level SR flow is
creating elongated hodographs although with minimal low-level
shear/SRH. This will favor supercells and line segments with
mostly a wind risk up to 75 mph but still hail up to tennis ball
in size possible with any discrete supercells. Additionally, a
combination of outflow and a weak front is seen surging south
near I-70 with additional convection possible just north of the
front as it moves south. This will support areas roughly along
and east of WaKeeney to Rush Center to Pratt line seeing
additional convection through mid afternoon.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(This afternoon through Saturday evening)
Issued at 1135 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

A weak shortwave trough approaching the central high plains and a
weak cold front, along with abundant low level moisture, will
lead to the propagation of a line of storms across central and
parts of southwestern Kansas this afternoon. The storms were
already developing late this morning. The main question is how far
west the storms will develop due to weaker forcing to the south
and west and warmer mid levels. High winds and hail will be the
main concerns as the low level shear is very weak so that
significant tornadoes are not expected.

.LONG TERM...(After midnight Saturday night through Thursday)
Issued at 1135 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

Cooler and drier air will move into western Kansas Saturday. Any
storm clusters will probably be south and west of Kansas. A
warming trend will commence Sunday, with highs in the mid to upper
90s by Monday and Tuesday. It will continue to be difficult to
get 100 degree readings in southwest Kansas due to all the rain
over the past several weeks. If it does happen, Tuesday would
probably be the day.

The next good chances for thunderstorms are on Wednesday and
Thursday nights as a weak disturbance moves along the southern
edge of the westerlies. High temperatures should cool down into
the upper 80s or lower 90s by Thursday and Friday due to the
passage of an effective frontal boundary and convective remnants
and thunderstorm outflow.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday afternoon)
Issued at 1135 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

A line of storms will move across KHYS, KDDC and possibly KGCK
between 18 and 22z. High winds and hail are likely with this line.
Otherwise, VFR conditions can be expected.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  91  64  87  64 /  60  40  10  10
GCK  91  62  87  63 /  40  30  20  20
EHA  91  64  86  62 /  20  40  40  40
LBL  91  65  87  64 /  30  40  30  30
HYS  89  62  90  64 /  70  30  10  10
P28  91  68  89  66 /  50  60  10  10

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

MESOSCALE...AJohnson
SHORT TERM...Finch
LONG TERM...Finch
AVIATION...Finch

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 3:33 AM CDT, 9 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
333 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-150845-
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-
333 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023 /233 AM MDT Fri Jul 14 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

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across central
Kansas and portions of southwest Kansas later this afternoon into
this evening. The strongest storms will be capable of producing
quarter to golf ball size hail and damaging winds in excess of 60
mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Thunderstorms will be possible across extreme southwest Kansas
Saturday. However, severe potential is uncertain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed generally after 3 PM...mainly
east of a Garden City to Meade line.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 12:46 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1246 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1215 PM     Hail             Catherine               38.93N 99.22W
07/14/2023  M2.00 inch       Ellis              KS   Trained Spotter

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jul 14, 12:51 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1251 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1215 PM     Hail             Catherine               38.93N 99.22W
07/14/2023  E2.00 inch       Ellis              KS   CO-OP Observer

&&

jdf

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 12:54 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1254 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

KSZ030-141830-
Trego KS-
1254 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Trego
County through 130 PM CDT...

At 1253 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wakeeney, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Trego
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
central and west central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3899 9959 3901 9999 3913 9998 3913 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 278DEG 28KT 3910 9990

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:09 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
109 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1255 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 E WaKeeney            39.02N 99.87W
07/14/2023  M60 MPH          Trego              KS   Mesonet

            Mesonet station WKUK1 WaKeeney.

&&

RB

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:19 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
119 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

KSZ031-046-141845-
Rush KS-Ellis KS-
119 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Rush
and southeastern Ellis Counties through 145 PM CDT...

At 119 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pfeifer, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Rush
and southeastern Ellis Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3883 9904 3870 9904 3870 9903 3860 9903
      3869 9929 3886 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 282DEG 17KT 3876 9917

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

TATRO

Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:26 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
126 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1255 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 WNW Ogallah           39.00N 99.80W
07/14/2023  M60 MPH          Trego              KS   Mesonet

            Mesonet station UP852 3.7 W Ogallah (UPR).
            This corrects the location of the 60 mph
            wind gust that was previously issued for
            Trego County at 1255pm.

&&

RB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 11:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	49 min
Jul 14, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Ellis	45 min
Jul 14, 12:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Ellis	38 min
Jul 14, 12:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	35 min
Jul 14, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	36 min
Jul 14, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Ellis, Trego	43 min
Jul 14, 1:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Ellis, Trego	38 min
Jul 14, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	26 min
Jul 14, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Rush	47 min
Jul 14, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Stafford	49 min
Jul 14, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	56 min
Jul 14, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	49 min
Jul 14, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	29 min
Jul 14, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	27 min
Jul 14, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	41 min
Jul 14, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	39 min
Jul 14, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	30 min
Jul 14, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	29 min
Jul 14, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	34 min
Jul 14, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	55 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.