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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 2021Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
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

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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

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott60 min
Aug 7, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton40 min
Aug 7, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott60 min
Aug 7, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego64 min
Aug 7, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Gray41 min
Aug 7, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCLane, Ness52 min
Aug 7, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego44 min
Aug 7, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman26 min
Aug 7, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush59 min
Aug 7, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray28 min
Aug 7, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell32 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.