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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 21, 2021Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 3:39 AM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 21, 2021, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 375 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 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-333 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

709 
WWUS83 KDDC 210839
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
339 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021
 
KSZ074-210930-
Stanton KS-
339 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND STANTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

At 339 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles northwest of Manter, moving southeast at 40 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Johnson City and Manter. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3754 10204 3774 10204 3774 10199 3768 10153
      3766 10153 3749 10159 3739 10180 3753 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 294DEG 33KT 3766 10203 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Kiowa50 min
Jun 21, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt49 min
Jun 21, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny50 min
Jun 21, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber30 min
Jun 21, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell, Meade47 min
Jun 21, 3:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber46 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.