Hail and High Winds from storms 06/03.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
Hail and High Winds from storms 06/03.
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 Jun 3, 1:05 AM CST, 1 hour earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 205 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 ...Updated Short/Long Term... .KEY MESSAGES... - Typical early summer weather for the next several days, with seasonably hot afternoons and little chance of rainfall. - Isolated severe thunderstorms possible southeast of Dodge City Monday afternoon and evening. - Some of the hottest temperatures so far in 2024 expected Wednesday. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... Issued at 205 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 Thunderstorms struggled to maintain their identity Sunday evening, in response to a warm capping inversion. Midnight radar and satellite imagery showed another thunderstorm complex developing west of Scott City, and 00z ARW/NAM latch onto this feature and move it southeastward through sunrise. These elevated storms will pose a risk for at least marginally severe hail and wind gusts through sunrise Monday, and have coordinated severe thunderstorm watch #383 with SPC. Maintained pops through sunrise, with the expectation of the MCS tracking southeast. Winds will be much weaker on Monday, with a much more diffuse pressure gradient. Afternoon temperatures are expected to be several degrees above normal for early June, in the upper 80s to lower 90s. 00z NAM once again develops extreme instability across southeast zones Monday afternoon, with MU CAPE as high as 5000 J/kg, given dewpoints in the upper 60s. Forcing for initiation is again very subtle, and thunderstorms will again struggle to develop/sustain, and most if not all activity should be east/southeast of SW KS. This stated, any updraft that can establish in the extreme instability will be capable of 2-3 inch diameter hail, and a marginal 5% risk for hail/wind for the southeast zones from SPC is conditionally warranted. Pops for the southeast zones are necessarily very low, in the slight chance category (<25%). Although pops are low, noticed 00z ECMWF QPF fields strongly suggest convective initiation along the DDC/ICT CWA border by 7 pm Monday, and severe/wind hail potential will need to be monitored in the extreme instability. The temperature regime changes little Monday night through Tuesday, with more sunrise temperatures in the lower to mid 60s, and afternoon temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s. Strong closed cyclone and shortwave trough centered over Saskatchewan 7 am Tuesday will rotate into the northern/central plains 7 pm Tuesday. An associated cold front and north/northeast wind shift is expected Tuesday and opted to follow the 90%ile of the NBM for these post frontal winds, with gusts near 30 mph, which is similar to 00z MAV guidance. We are entering the time of year when cold fronts have less and less cohesion and impact, and no cold advection is expected behind this boundary. As such, temperatures Tuesday will mirror those of Monday. Any thunderstorms associated with this cold front and trough passage are expected to remain northeast of SW KS, and kept all grids dry (pops < 15%). && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... Issued at 205 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 All models continue to show strong warming, with strong height and thickness increases, on Wednesday, delivering the hottest day of the young summer season so far. The subtropical midlevel anticyclone builds strongly northward into New Mexico, at near 592 dm strength 7 pm Wednesday. A gentle SWly downslope compression is also expected, which when combined with 850 mb temperatures warming into the upper 20s C, will warm all locations easily into the mid 90s. 00z GEFS ensemble members show the probability of max temperature > 90 is well over 90% Wednesday, with a 10% probability of reaching 100 in the favored Red Hills southeast of DDC. Strong subsidence Wednesday for few if any clouds. Upper high will only get stronger Thursday, near 594 dm over northern New Mexico, with 500 mb heights > 590 dm over SW KS. This would normally translate into even hotter temperatures near 100, but a weak cold frontal passage and associated easterly wind components will keep afternoon temperatures capped in the upper 80s and lower 90s. With strong capping aloft, the probability of rainfall with this frontal passage is very low. Friday through Sunday, 592-593 dm upper high is still very well established 7 am Friday, but models consistently show the upper high and midlevel heights weakening, and the reintroduction of shower and thunderstorm chances, into next weekend. NBM's chance category pops match EPS trends in measurable QPF probability, and these were accepted, along with a moderation of afternoon temperatures back into the 80s. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/... Issued at 205 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 Update: Another MCS convective complex has organized west of GCK as of 07z Mon, and will track southeast through 12z Mon. Update TAFs to include a convective TEMPO group at GCK, with more likely needed at DDC before 12z. && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...Turner LONG TERM...Turner AVIATION...Turner
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 227 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-040730- 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- 227 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024 /127 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas, south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Monday. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible southeast of Dodge City Monday afternoon and evening. Coverage will be limited, but any sustained thunderstorm will be capable of producing very large hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Saturday. No widespread hazardous weather is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Limited spotter activation is possible southeast of Dodge City Monday afternoon and evening.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
123 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
KSZ043-044-061>063-030700-
Finney KS-Lane KS-Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-Scott KS-
123 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON...NORTHERN
KEARNY...NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES
THROUGH 200 AM CDT/100 AM MDT/...
At 122 AM CDT/1222 AM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Modoc
to 15 miles southeast of Leoti to 18 miles northeast of Syracuse.
Movement was east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Modoc around 130 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Scott City,
Shallow Water and Friend.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT/600 AM
MDT/ for southwestern and west central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10156 3827 10112 3870 10113 3870 10069
3800 10067 3799 10155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 285DEG 27KT 3853 10118 3829 10121 3821 10158
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
JJOHNSONSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
139 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
KSZ061-062-074-075-030715-
Stanton KS-Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-Grant KS-
139 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT HAMILTON...SOUTHERN KEARNY...
NORTHERN GRANT AND NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTIES THROUGH 215 AM
CDT/115 AM MDT/...
At 139 AM CDT/1239 AM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm near Syracuse, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Kendall around 150 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT/600 AM
MDT/ for southwestern Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3825 10204 3826 10171 3826 10155 3775 10109
3773 10109 3773 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 307DEG 28KT 3804 10168
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
JJOHNSONSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
201 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
KSZ043-061>063-074>076-030730-
Finney KS-Stanton KS-Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-Grant KS-Scott KS-
Haskell KS-
201 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN HAMILTON...KEARNY...
FINNEY...SOUTHERN SCOTT...NORTHERN GRANT...NORTHEASTERN STANTON AND
NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM CDT/130 AM MDT/...
At 201 AM CDT/101 AM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Modoc to near
Deerfield to 14 miles south of Syracuse. Movement was southeast at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Holcomb around 205 AM CDT.
Shallow Water around 210 AM CDT.
Friend around 215 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT/600 AM
MDT/ for southwestern and west central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10156 3827 10112 3856 10113 3834 10070
3757 10068 3755 10188
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 328DEG 19KT 3844 10102 3793 10110 3778 10181
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
JJOHNSONSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
227 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
KSZ043-044-062-063-074>077-030800-
Gray KS-Finney KS-Stanton KS-Lane KS-Kearny KS-Grant KS-Scott KS-
Haskell KS-
227 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...FINNEY...
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT...GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN LANE...EAST CENTRAL
STANTON...NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES THROUGH
300 AM CDT...
At 227 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Shallow Water to near Holcomb to near Big
Bow. Movement was southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Garden City, Holcomb, and Big Bow around 230 AM CDT.
Ulysses around 240 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3806 10106 3845 10099 3843 10053 3781 10053
3739 10143 3739 10148 3759 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 297DEG 19KT 3834 10088 3801 10094 3759 10164
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
JJOHNSONPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
242 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 NNW Ulysses 37.60N 101.37W
06/03/2024 M55 MPH Grant KS AWOS
AWOS station KULS Ulysses.
&&
RBSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
254 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
KSZ043-044-063-077-030830-
Gray KS-Finney KS-Lane KS-Scott KS-
254 AM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN
SCOTT...SOUTHERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM
CDT...
At 254 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles northeast of Garden City, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northern Finney,
southeastern Scott, southern Lane and northwestern Gray Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
southwestern and west central Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3785 10044 3802 10100 3834 10087 3839 10025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 280DEG 15KT 3812 10078
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
TURNERThe Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:05 UTC.
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Em reported numerous power poles were blown over as well as extensive tree damage throughout town. Also 2 semis were blown over.
Wind gust of 74 mph reported.
Shed was destroyed.
Strong winds reported.
Large Tree blown over at this location.
Large tree blown down as well as extensive tree damage across town.
Rainfall report of 0.98 inches.
A wind report of 58 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2024
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: 1191926, 1191927, 1191928, 1191929, 1191930, 1191931, 1191932, 1191933, 1191934, 1191935, 1191936, 1191937.