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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 2021Finney County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1651 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens44 min
Aug 7, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee38 min
Aug 7, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush47 min
Aug 7, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford25 min
Aug 7, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee54 min
Aug 7, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray51 min
Aug 7, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord45 min
Aug 7, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade46 min
Aug 7, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford39 min
Aug 7, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa49 min
Aug 7, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt, Stafford66 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.