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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 7, 2024Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2024, 2:20 AM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2024, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 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 121 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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The text

As transmitted.

259 
WUUS53 KDDC 070720
SVRDDC
KSC055-093-070800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.240707T0720Z-240707T0800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
220 AM CDT Sun Jul 7 2024

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Kearny County in southwestern Kansas...
  Northwestern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...

* Until 300 AM CDT.

* At 220 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles west of
  Friend, moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Kearny and northwestern Finney Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10126 3827 10086 3798 10114 3817 10133
TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 298DEG 16KT 3821 10120 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RUSSELL

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, 2:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	58 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.