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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 28, 2024Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2024, 10:35 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 28, 2024, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 28, 5:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 5:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 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 28, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Trego	61 min
Jul 28, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	34 min
Jul 28, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	30 min
Jul 28, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	31 min
Jul 29, 5:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	31 min
Jul 29, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	30 min
Jul 29, 5:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	35 min
Jul 29, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	31 min
Jul 29, 1:41 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford, Gray and 9 more	30 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.