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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2021Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 4:13 PM CDT for Ellis 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 26, 2021, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2211 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
2211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

098 
WWUS83 KDDC 262113
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
413 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
 
KSZ031-262200-
Ellis KS-
413 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM CDT...

At 413 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near Hays, moving east at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Hays, Victoria, Catherine and Emmeram. 

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.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9904 3888 9904 3882 9937 3900 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 252DEG 13KT 3889 9929 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt31 min
May 25, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt31 min
May 25, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt29 min
May 25, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards24 min
May 26, 12:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford29 min
May 26, 12:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt36 min
May 26, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt43 min
May 26, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego63 min
May 26, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego43 min
May 26, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis67 min
May 26, 2:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEllis4 hr
May 26, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush50 min
May 26, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush43 min
May 26, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis50 min
May 26, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis57 min
May 26, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush48 min
May 26, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis16 min
May 26, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis22 min
May 26, 6:52 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryDDCEllis30 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.