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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 55
Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
768
WWUS83 KDDC 072324
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
624 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSZ084-085-080030-
Stevens KS-Morton KS-
624 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Morton and Stevens
Counties through 730 PM CDT...
At 623 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Feterita, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Woods.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3699 10204 3731 10203 3734 10107 3700 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 263DEG 19KT 3705 10150
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 32 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.