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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2024, 3:06 AM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 3, 2024, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2024, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Lane County, KS
The radar
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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 3, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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 Jun 3, 2:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 227 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-040730- 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- 227 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 /127 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas, south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Monday. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible southeast of Dodge City Monday afternoon and evening. Coverage will be limited, but any sustained thunderstorm will be capable of producing very large hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Saturday. No widespread hazardous weather is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Limited spotter activation is possible southeast of Dodge City Monday afternoon and evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
139 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
KSZ061-062-074-075-030715-
Stanton KS-Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-Grant KS-
139 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT HAMILTON...SOUTHERN KEARNY...
NORTHERN GRANT AND NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES THROUGH 215 AM
CDT/115 AM MDT/...
At 139 AM CDT/1239 AM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm near Syracuse, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Kendall around 150 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT/600 AM
MDT/ for southwestern Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3825 10204 3826 10171 3826 10155 3775 10109
3773 10109 3773 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 307DEG 28KT 3804 10168
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
JJOHNSONSpecial weather statement, Jun 3, 2:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
227 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
KSZ043-044-062-063-074>077-030800-
Gray KS-Finney KS-Stanton KS-Lane KS-Kearny KS-Grant KS-Scott KS-
Haskell KS-
227 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...FINNEY...
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT...GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN LANE...EAST CENTRAL
STANTON...NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES THROUGH
300 AM CDT...
At 227 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Shallow Water to near Holcomb to near Big
Bow. Movement was southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Garden City, Holcomb, and Big Bow around 230 AM CDT.
Ulysses around 240 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3806 10106 3845 10099 3843 10053 3781 10053
3739 10143 3739 10148 3759 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 297DEG 19KT 3834 10088 3801 10094 3759 10164
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
JJOHNSONLocal storm report, Jun 3, 2:42 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
254 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
KSZ043-044-063-077-030830-
Gray KS-Finney KS-Lane KS-Scott KS-
254 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN
SCOTT...SOUTHERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM
CDT...
At 254 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles northeast of Garden City, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northern Finney,
southeastern Scott, southern Lane and northwestern Gray Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3785 10044 3802 10100 3834 10087 3839 10025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 280DEG 15KT 3812 10078
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 24 min |
| Jun 2, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Stanton | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Seward | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade and 2 more | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 4:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 2 more | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 4:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.