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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 6, 2021Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2021, 3:12 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 6, 2021, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2021-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 175 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

159 
WWUS83 KDDC 062012
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
312 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021
 
KSZ043-062100-
Scott KS-
312 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM
CDT...

At 312 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Scott State Lake to near Modoc. Movement
was southeast at 15 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Scott City, Scott State Lake and Modoc. 

LAT...LON 3858 10069 3840 10087 3828 10112 3857 10113
      3870 10098 3870 10090
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 332DEG 15KT 3869 10097 3853 10110 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny27 min
Jul 6, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton30 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.