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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 7:32 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 55
County Finney County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
385
WWUS83 KDDC 080032
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
732 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSZ063-076-077-080115-
Gray KS-Finney KS-Haskell KS-
732 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Finney,
northwestern Gray and northern Haskell Counties through 815 PM CDT...
At 732 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Plymell, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Plymell around 740 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Pierceville and
Charleston.
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 3766 10108 3785 10108 3794 10049 3768 10051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 264DEG 32KT 3777 10097
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 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, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 66 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.