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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 23, 2023Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2023, 6:30 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2023, 6:30 PM MDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2023, 6:51 PM MDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.5 in

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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
Jun 23, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 2183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

547 
WFUS53 KDDC 240030
TORDDC
KSC075-240115-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0013.230624T0030Z-230624T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
630 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 630 PM MDT, a confirmed tornado was located 13 miles south of
  Holly, or 14 miles southwest of Coolidge, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado and tennis ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Hamilton County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is ongoing. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement
or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid
windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move
to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying
debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3789 10204 3789 10194 3774 10197 3778 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 278DEG 12KT 3786 10213 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

521 
WWUS53 KDDC 240045
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
645 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

KSC075-240115-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230624T0115Z/
Hamilton KS-
645 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...
    
At 645 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles south of Coolidge, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Hamilton County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3789 10204 3789 10194 3774 10197 3778 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 278DEG 12KT 3785 10207 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN

$$

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076 
WWUS53 KDDC 240051
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
651 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

KSC075-240100-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230624T0115Z/
Hamilton KS-
651 PM MDT Fri Jun 23 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3789 10204 3789 10194 3774 10197 3778 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 278DEG 12KT 3785 10205 

$$

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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 23, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	47 min
Jun 23, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	47 min
Jun 23, 7:17 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	28 min
Jun 23, 7:33 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Morton	27 min
Jun 23, 7:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	34 min
Jun 23, 7:54 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Morton	36 min
Jun 23, 8:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	52 min
Jun 23, 8:11 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Grant, Stanton	39 min
Jun 23, 8:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Morton, Stevens	47 min
Jun 23, 8:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell	39 min
Jun 23, 9:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	35 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.