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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 1, 2021Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 1:21 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
Jul 1, 2021, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2021-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 789 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 2021-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

326 
WWUS83 KDDC 011821
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
121 PM CDT Thu Jul 1 2021
 
KSZ085-011845-
Stevens KS-
121 PM CDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STEVENS COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM
CDT...

At 121 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Moscow to Hugoton to near Rolla. Movement
was northeast at 5 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Hugoton, Moscow, Woods, Feterita and Cave. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3738 10108 3731 10154 3701 10154 3705 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 228DEG 5KT 3732 10127 3718 10136 3714 10157 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 5:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCScott3 hr
Jul 1, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens32 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.