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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 17, 2021Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2021, 7:10 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 17, 2021, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2021-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 456 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 2021-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

169 
WWUS83 KDDC 180010
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
710 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

KSZ043-180100-
Scott KS-
710 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

...Brief Landspout Tornadoes Possible...

At 709 PM CDT, conditions are becoming favorable for the development 
of landspout tornadoes in and close to the outlined area. However, 
at this time it is unknown which if any storm would produce a 
landspout. Any landspouts which develop are expected to pose a 
limited threat.

Locations impacted include...
Scott City, Shallow Water, Grigston, Manning and Scott State Lake. 

Landspout tornadoes can form with a developing thunderstorm before
rain, hail, and even thunder is observed. Landspout tornadoes are not
usually associated with a wall cloud and are often difficult to
detect with weather radar.

&&

LAT...LON 3828 10069 3827 10102 3870 10103 3870 10069

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton55 min
May 17, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton, Kearny39 min
May 17, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton64 min
May 17, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton52 min
May 17, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton57 min
May 17, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton66 min
May 17, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCScott3 hr
May 17, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens47 min
May 18, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Gray48 min
May 18, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa45 min
May 18, 2:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt48 min
May 18, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford25 min
May 18, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee33 min
May 18, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt31 min
May 18, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush34 min
May 18, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee28 min
May 18, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman30 min
May 18, 4:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford3 hr
May 18, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego35 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.