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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 19, 2021Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2021, 7:38 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
Jun 19, 2021, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 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 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

803 
WWUS83 KDDC 200038
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
738 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
 
KSZ061>063-200130-
Finney KS-Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-
738 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HAMILTON...KEARNY AND
SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT/730 PM MDT/...

At 738 PM CDT/638 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm near Lakin, moving northeast at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Lakin, Holcomb, Deerfield, Kendall and Plymell. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT/1100
PM MDT/ for southwestern Kansas.

LAT...LON 3774 10147 3798 10159 3820 10103 3779 10084
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 245DEG 23KT 3789 10131 

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton53 min
Jun 19, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego58 min
Jun 19, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis46 min
Jun 19, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 7 more45 min

Nearby

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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.