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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 2024Hamilton County, Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2024, 4:57 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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 14, 2024, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2024, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -568 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -111 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 14, 1:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 1:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 2:35 AM MDT, 14 hours 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
335 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024

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-
335 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024 /235 AM MDT Fri Jun 14 2024/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms
north of a line extending from near Elkhart to Cimarron to Larned,
with the primary severe weather risk being damaging straight line
winds of 65 to 75 mph. An isolated wind gust greater than 75 mph
will be possible across mainly far west central Kansas during the
early to mid evening hours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

There is a Marginal Risk (Level 1 of 5) of severe thunderstorms
across much of southwest, central, and south central Kansas.
Primary severe weather risks will be damaging wind gusts of 60 mph
or greater and large hail of half dollar size.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Storm spotters are most likely to be needed north of an Elkhart to
Dodge City to Larned line later this evening through the late
night hours.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:18 AM MDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:34 AM MDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:38 AM MDT, 5 hours 19 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
Jun 13, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Stafford	50 min
Jun 13, 6:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 2 more	70 min
Jun 13, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	46 min
Jun 13, 6:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	67 min
Jun 13, 7:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	51 min
Jun 13, 7:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche	41 min
Jun 14, 6:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	30 min
Jun 14, 6:58 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	32 min
Jun 14, 7:09 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	36 min
Jun 14, 7:45 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	30 min
Jun 14, 8:17 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	28 min
Jun 14, 10:25 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Hamilton	3 hr
Jun 14, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	58 min
Jun 14, 5:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny, Scott	46 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.