A few severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and evening.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
A few severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and evening.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 10, 1:53 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 253 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2013 ...UPDATED FOR LONG TERM... .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 1206 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2013 AT 12Z WEDNESDAY A 500MB HIGH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WITH SEVERAL THERMAL TROUGHS LOCATED AROUND THIS HIGH. ONE APPEARS TO BE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST COLORADO AND ANOTHER IN NEVADA. AT THE 700MB LEVEL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS VARIED FROM 11C AT NORTH PLATTE TO 13C AT DODGE CITY TO 14C AT DENVER. A WEDGE OF HIGHER DEWPOINTS WERE OBSERVED FROM THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS, ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO INTO SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA. A 850MB FRONT APPEARS TO BE LOCATED FROM SOUTHEAST WYOMING ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI WITH +24C REPORTED SOUTH OF THIS FRONT AT DODGE CITY AND TOPEKA. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 203 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2013 THE NAM AND GFS WERE BOTH IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MOVING AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT EXIT REGION OF A +70KT 250MB JET. AFTERNOON CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES OUT INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND ENCOUNTERS A MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS EVENING AS IT SPREADS EAST/SOUTHEAST ALONG THE MID LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. CAPE VALUES GREATER THAN 1500J/KG EXPECTED AND 0-6KM SHEAR NEAR 40KTS SUPPORTS THAT SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT EARLY BEFORE THESE STORMS BEGIN TO CONSOLIDATE INTO A MCS. AT THIS TIME THE MAIN HAZARD STILL APPEARS TO BE WIND WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH AND NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL POSSIBLE EARLY TONIGHT. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT GIVEN PRECIP WATER VALUES OF 1.5 TO NEAR 1.75 INCHES. BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE MID LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL THEREFORE BE RAISING PRECIPITATION CHANCES NORTH OF ALINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO PRATT. ANOTHER AREA WHERE CONVECTION IS MORE FAVORABLE FOR CONVECTION LATER TODAY WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND FAR WESTERN KANSAS WHICH WILL BE NEAR A SURFACE BOUNDARY THAT WILL BE LOCATED FROM FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. IN THIS LOCATION HOWEVER THE INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR WAS NOT AS STRONG. AT THIS TIME IT STILL APPEARS WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD IN THIS AREA LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THURSDAY WITH SKIES CLEARING FROM WEST OT EAST. 24 HOUR 850MB TEMPERATURE TRENDS FROM BOTH THE NAM AND GFS INDICATED A 2-3C WARMUP BETWEEN 00Z THURSDAY AND 00Z FRIDAY IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS WHILE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS 850MB TEMPERATURE SUGGESTING LITTLE IF ANY WARMING. GIVEN THIS WILL TREND TOWARDS KEEPING HIGHS IN THE MID 90S WHILE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS TREND TEMPERATURES UP TO NEAR 100 DEGREES IN A FEW LOCATIONS. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 250 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2013 A LARGE RIDGE OF UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE PLAINS INTO NEXT WEEK WITH LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL EXPECTED AND WARM TEMPERATURES. A WESTWARD MOVING UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE UNDER THE RIDGE FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND HAVE LITTLE IMPACT FOR OUR WEATHER. VERY WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS OF AROUND -4 CELSIUS WILL GREATLY PRECLUDE THE CHANCES FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. HEAT ADVISORY CONDITIONS COULD BE MET IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DEPENDING ON THE DEWPOINTS. A SURFACE LEE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGHER GUSTS DURING THE AFTERNOONS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE VERY MILD AND IN THE 70S WITH DAYTIME HIGHS AROUND 100 TO 105 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO ONLY COOL SLIGHTLY FROM SUNDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1206 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2013 A SURFACE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. NORTH OF THIS FRONT AN EASTERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE AT 10 TO 15KTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY. THESE EASTERLY WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO GRADUALLY VEER TO THE SOUTHEAST EARLY TONIGHT. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD EAST/SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT. LATEST MODELS SUGGEST THE BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVECTION AT GCK AND DDC WILL BE BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z AND AT HYS BETWEEN 03Z AND 09Z. BASED ON LATEST BUFR SOUNDINGS THE CLOUD BASES WILL BE ABOVE 5000FT SO VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 69 96 73 104 / 50 10 10 0 GCK 68 97 73 104 / 60 10 0 0 EHA 67 98 72 103 / 40 0 0 0 LBL 68 99 72 104 / 40 0 0 0 HYS 69 95 73 104 / 50 20 10 10 P28 74 98 74 102 / 40 30 10 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BURGERT SHORT TERM...BURGERT LONG TERM...KRUSE AVIATION...BURGERT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 419 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2013 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-110930- 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- 419 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2013 /319 AM MDT WED JUL 10 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A SCOTT CITY TO DODGE CITY TO COLDWATER LINE. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS OR PERHAPS QUARTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AND WIND GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT AS A COMPLEX OF STORMS MOVES EAST-SOUTHEAST OUT OF EASTERN COLORADO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC UMSCHEID
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:03 UTC.
3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak landspout lasted about 5 minutes but did not cause any damage.
Most of the hail was nickel sized.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2013Warnings in Kansas, July 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 474031, 474028, 474029, 474030.