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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 9, 2021Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2021, 12:13 AM CDT for Stafford 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
May 9, 2021, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2021-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 755 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

451 
WWUS83 KDDC 090513
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1213 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021
 
KSZ066-090600-
Stafford KS-
1213 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

At 1212 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near Seward, moving east at 35 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Seward.

LAT...LON 3817 9886 3826 9885 3826 9847 3807 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 266DEG 31KT 3820 9879 

$$

RBURG

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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.