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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 7, 2024Ford County, Gray County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2024, 2:17 AM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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: Jul 7, 2024, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2024, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 38 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: 262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.0

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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 Jul 7, 2:07 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 2:07 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:36 AM CDT, 21 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
436 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-070945-
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-
436 AM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024 /336 AM MDT Sat Jul 6 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

Thunderstorms will form across west central Kansas and along I-70
late this afternoon and early this evening through 10 pm. These
storms could be severe with hail as large as 2" in diameter and
wind gusts as high as 70 mph. These storms will congeal into a
large cluster of storms late this evening and tonight, with small
hail, strong winds to 55 mph and locally heavy rains the main
issues after 10 pm.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

There is a good chance of thunderstorms late Wednesday and
Wednesday night. It is too early to tell if these storms will be
severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Storm spotters may be needed this afternoon and evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
111 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024

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

0100 AM     Hail             Garden City             37.98N 100.86W
07/07/2024  E1.00 Inch       Finney             KS   Public

            Report made via social media.

&&

JRJ

Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:29 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:48 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:13 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:14 AM CDT, 3 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
Jul 6, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane, Scott	25 min
Jul 6, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	66 min
Jul 6, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	44 min
Jul 6, 7:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	6 hr
Jul 6, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	46 min
Jul 6, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	39 min
Jul 6, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	42 min
Jul 6, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade	68 min
Jul 6, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	32 min
Jul 6, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	45 min
Jul 6, 8:31 PM CDT	Flood Watch	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 12 more	16 hr
Jul 6, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Meade, Pratt and 1 more	67 min
Jul 6, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stevens	33 min
Jul 6, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Gray	43 min
Jul 6, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	27 min
Jul 6, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	25 min
Jul 6, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	60 min
Jul 6, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Gray	42 min
Jul 6, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	47 min
Jul 6, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	47 min
Jul 6, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade	65 min
Jul 6, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott	4 hr
Jul 6, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	34 min
Jul 6, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Pratt, Stafford	33 min
Jul 6, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	66 min
Jul 6, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more	25 min
Jul 6, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	67 min
Jul 6, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	54 min
Jul 6, 11:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	6 hr
Jul 6, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	33 min
Jul 7, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	42 min
Jul 7, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny	41 min
Jul 7, 12:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Ness, Scott	24 hr
Jul 7, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney	39 min
Jul 7, 12:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Scott	3 hr
Jul 7, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	54 min
Jul 7, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	66 min
Jul 7, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	64 min
Jul 7, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	61 min
Jul 7, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	40 min
Jul 7, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton, Seward, Stevens	27 min
Jul 7, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	47 min
Jul 7, 2:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny	40 min
Jul 7, 2:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Kearny	24 hr
Jul 7, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	47 min
Jul 7, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	65 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.