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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 15, 2021Haskell County, Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2021, 11:13 PM CDT for Haskell County, Seward 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 15, 2021, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Haskell County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2021-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1303 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 2021-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

As transmitted.

787 
WWUS83 KDDC 160413
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1113 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021
 
KSZ076-085>087-160500-
Seward KS-Meade KS-Stevens KS-Haskell KS-
1113 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SEWARD...WESTERN MEADE...EAST
CENTRAL STEVENS...SOUTHWESTERN GRAY AND HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT...

At 1113 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles northwest of Sublette to 6 miles
northeast of Turpin. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Sublette around 1120 PM CDT.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3762 10108 3771 10067 3757 10065 3748 10065
      3748 10064 3700 10057 3700 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 232DEG 24KT 3754 10093 3694 10081 

$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton49 min
May 15, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton41 min
May 15, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane35 min
May 15, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stevens48 min
May 15, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray46 min
May 15, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott43 min
May 15, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane42 min
May 15, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens38 min
May 15, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray23 min
May 15, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCWichita41 min
May 15, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford52 min
May 15, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott49 min
May 15, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis44 min
May 15, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward41 min
May 15, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens36 min
May 15, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego42 min
May 15, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford18 min
May 15, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney38 min
May 15, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford34 min
May 15, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego14 min
May 15, 11:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis23 min
May 15, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray, Meade43 min
May 16, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee45 min
May 16, 12:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford27 min
May 16, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott45 min
May 16, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush47 min
May 16, 1:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCScott3 hr
May 16, 3:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDDCLane, Scott25 hr
May 16, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton56 min
May 16, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush51 min
May 16, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush40 min
May 16, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCRush3 hr

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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.