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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 3, 2024Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2024, 5:49 AM CDT for Barber County, 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: Jun 3, 2024, 5:49 AM CDT (10:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2024, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Destructive
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 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 3, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 847 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -282 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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 Jun 3, 5:27 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 5:27 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 2:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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, 2:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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

TURNER

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
313 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

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

0305 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 NW Pierceville        37.92N 100.72W
06/03/2024  M74 MPH          Finney             KS   ASOS

            ASOS station KGCK Garden City.

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
337 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

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

0335 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 SE Ingalls            37.82N 100.44W
06/03/2024                   Gray               KS   Public

            Report from mPING: 1-inch tree limbs broken;
            Shingles blown off.

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:49 AM CDT, 2 hours before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
349 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

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

0335 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 NNE Sublette          37.50N 100.83W
06/03/2024  M62 MPH          Haskell            KS   AWOS

            AWOS station K19S 1 NE Sublette.

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
416 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

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

0405 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 NNW The Haggard Eleva 37.69N 100.35W
06/03/2024  M59 MPH          Gray               KS   Mesonet

            Mesonet station FW8871 Cimarron.

&&

RB

Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
427 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024

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

0423 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 ENE Dodge City        37.77N 99.97W
06/03/2024  M67 MPH          Ford               KS   ASOS

            ASOS station KDDC Dodge City Regional
            Airport.

&&

RB

The 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, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane	39 min
Jun 3, 3:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 2 more	43 min
Jun 3, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Clark, Meade	39 min
Jun 3, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 1 more	47 min
Jun 3, 4:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt	49 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.