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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 17, 2024Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2024, 5:52 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 17, 2024, 5:52 PM MDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2024, 6:16 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 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 Jul 17, 4:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 4:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 1:42 AM MDT, 16 hours 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:08 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:13 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton43 min
Jul 16, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton60 min
Jul 16, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCMorton, Stanton50 min
Jul 16, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCStanton50 min
Jul 16, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton38 min
Jul 16, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny, Stanton40 min
Jul 16, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens50 min
Jul 16, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens34 min
Jul 16, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman47 min
Jul 16, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCSeward, Stevens37 min
Jul 16, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCHamilton, Kearny45 min
Jul 16, 7:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott43 min
Jul 16, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward49 min
Jul 16, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade43 min
Jul 16, 8:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Lane, Scott55 min
Jul 16, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCClark, Comanche, Ford35 min
Jul 16, 9:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Ford42 min
Jul 16, 9:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Hodgeman53 min
Jul 16, 9:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark51 min
Jul 16, 10:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Kiowa43 min
Jul 16, 11:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt36 min
Jul 16, 11:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt25 min
Jul 17, 12:16 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber29 min
Jul 17, 12:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber30 min
Jul 17, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton52 min
Jul 17, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny62 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.