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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 25, 2021Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2021, 11:21 AM CDT for Stafford 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 25, 2021, 11:21 AM CDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2021, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2021-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1522 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 2021-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

660 
WWUS83 KDDC 251621
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1121 AM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
 
KSZ066-251645-
Stafford KS-
1121 AM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...

At 1120 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southwest of Raymond, or 9 miles northeast of Hudson, moving
east at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern
Stafford County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3808 9860 3826 9856 3826 9847 3805 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 280DEG 9KT 3816 9850 

$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 10:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Pawnee32 min
Jul 25, 10:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Hodgeman50 min
Jul 25, 12:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman42 min
Jul 25, 12:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis27 min
Jul 25, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford26 min
Jul 25, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman27 min
Jul 25, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman29 min
Jul 25, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord51 min
Jul 25, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa36 min
Jul 25, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa35 min
Jul 25, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa32 min
Jul 25, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa31 min
Jul 25, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche30 min
Jul 25, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber29 min
Jul 25, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens51 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.