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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2024, 12:29 AM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 29, 2024, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2024, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 295 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.3
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 28, 11:44 PM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:44 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 323 AM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-290830- 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- 323 AM CDT Fri Jun 28 2024 /223 AM MDT Fri Jun 28 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 A heat advisory is in effect for portions of south central and central Kansas. See the latest urgent weather messages for more details. A slight risk of thunderstorms is possible this evening into the overnight hours north of highway 50. Large hail and damaging winds will be the main concern with these storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Additional chances of thunderstorms exist each evening through Thursday. It is too early to tell if any of these storms will be severe. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:46 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 50 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.