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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 9, 2021Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 11:33 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2021, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 11:46 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Beeler, KSCONTACT THROUGH WCM ABOUT A FARM BUILDING BEING DAMAGED AND PICTURES ESTIMATING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 80 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2021-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2169 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 2021-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
2169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-247 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

984 
WWUS83 KDDC 100433
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1133 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021
 
KSZ044-045-100500-
Lane KS-Ness KS-
1133 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN NESS...SOUTHWESTERN TREGO
AND EAST CENTRAL LANE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

At 1133 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles north of Arnold to 6 miles north of
Beeler to near Alamota. Movement was southeast at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Ness City, Ransom, Alamota, Beeler and Arnold. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3869 9974 3838 9994 3828 10018 3846 10037
      3853 10023 3870 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 304DEG 23KT 3873 10001 3853 10023 3847 10036 

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TATRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott38 min
Jul 9, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott31 min
Jul 9, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton48 min
Jul 9, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott57 min
Jul 9, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton, Kearny36 min
Jul 9, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney34 min
Jul 10, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny44 min
Jul 10, 12:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCScott4 hr
Jul 10, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny52 min
Jul 10, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman27 min
Jul 10, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray66 min
Jul 10, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens39 min
Jul 10, 1:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord64 min
Jul 10, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Lane, Scott45 min
Jul 10, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney31 min
Jul 10, 2:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord38 min
Jul 10, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney32 min
Jul 10, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego45 min
Jul 10, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell33 min
Jul 10, 3:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney37 min
Jul 10, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade, Seward30 min
Jul 10, 4:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell41 min
Jul 10, 6:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.