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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 14, 2021Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Mar 14, 2021, 12:13 AM CST for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
Mar 14, 2021, 12:13 AM CST (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2021, 1:00 AM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 199 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 469 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
469 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
534 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

As transmitted.

741 
WWUS83 KDDC 140613
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1213 AM CST Sun Mar 14 2021
 
KSZ044-045-064-078-140700-
Hodgeman KS-Lane KS-Ness KS-Ford KS-
1213 AM CST Sun Mar 14 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN FORD...NORTHEASTERN
FINNEY...SOUTHERN NESS...HODGEMAN AND EAST CENTRAL LANE COUNTIES
UNTIL 100 AM CST...

At 1212 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wright, moving north at 45 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Gray, Ness City, Jetmore, Spearville, Bazine, Hanston,
Bellefont, Wright, Beeler and Ft. Dodge.

LAT...LON 3818 10023 3826 10023 3826 10025 3844 10029
      3849 9962 3767 9964 3760 10011
TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 169DEG 39KT 3782 9992 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 6:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray42 min
Mar 13, 9:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade44 min
Mar 13, 9:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray45 min
Mar 13, 10:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark41 min
Mar 13, 11:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord38 min
Mar 13, 11:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny37 min
Mar 14, 12:49 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark41 min
Mar 14, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton33 min
Mar 14, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton35 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.