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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 19, 202113 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 6 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.

369 
WWUS83 KDDC 200330
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1030 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
 
KSZ045-046-063>066-075>081-085>089-200415-
Gray KS-Seward KS-Hodgeman KS-Pawnee KS-Grant KS-Haskell KS-Ness KS-
Pratt KS-Finney KS-Stafford KS-Meade KS-Rush KS-Stevens KS-Clark KS-
Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-Ford KS-Comanche KS-
1030 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FORD...KIOWA...SOUTHEASTERN
MORTON...SOUTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...MEADE...
NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE...STEVENS...RUSH...EDWARDS...HASKELL...
SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS...CLARK...SEWARD...SOUTHEASTERN NESS...HODGEMAN...
PAWNEE...STAFFORD...GRAY AND NORTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 1115
PM CDT...

At 1030 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Milberger to near Tyrone. Movement was
southeast at 35 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Liberal, Gray, Larned, Hugoton, Cimarron, Meade, Kinsley,
Sublette, La Crosse, St. John, Satanta, Stafford, Montezuma, Jetmore,
Ashland, Bucklin, Greensburg, Spearville and Minneola.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central Kansas. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in effect
until 400 AM CDT for central and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3700 10134 3709 10156 3870 9949 3870 9903
      3826 9903 3826 9847 3804 9847 3700 9980
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 306DEG 30KT 3869 9901 3695 10117 

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SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny52 min
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

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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.