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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2021, 8:13 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS83 KDDC 050113
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
813 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021
KSZ061-062-050130-
Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-
813 PM CDT Sun Jul 4 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HAMILTON...NORTHERN
KEARNY AND NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT/730 PM
MDT/...
At 750 PM CDT/650 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 14 miles west of Friend, moving south at 25 mph.
Pea size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Lakin.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT/1000
PM MDT/ for southwestern Kansas.
LAT...LON 3827 10138 3826 10110 3813 10110 3788 10117
3803 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 019DEG 23KT 3829 10118
$$
HOVORKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 48 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.