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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 4, 2021Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2021, 7:08 PM CDT for Morton 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
Jul 4, 2021, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2021-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1508 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 2021-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

As transmitted.

798 
WWUS83 KDDC 050008
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
708 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021
 
KSZ074-084-050100-
Stanton KS-Morton KS-
708 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MORTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

At 708 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Manter. This storm was nearly stationary.

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

Locations impacted include...
Manter.

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

LAT...LON 3742 10204 3754 10191 3745 10172 3712 10191
      3719 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 329DEG 2KT 3744 10186 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens39 min
Jul 4, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott39 min
Jul 4, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton48 min
Jul 4, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny40 min
Jul 4, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny17 min
Jul 4, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton47 min
Jul 4, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton26 min
Jul 4, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny49 min
Jul 4, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton43 min
Jul 4, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny26 min
Jul 4, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton48 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.