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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 19, 2021Clark County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2021, 9:18 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 19, 2021, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Clark County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2021-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

140 
WWUS83 KDDC 200218
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
918 PM CDT Wed May 19 2021
 
KSZ088-200245-
Clark KS-
918 PM CDT Wed May 19 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY UNTIL
945 PM CDT...

At 917 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southeast of Englewood, moving north at 25 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Ashland, Englewood and Acres. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10003 3718 10006 3718 9974 3700 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 181DEG 21KT 3694 9990 

$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche63 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.