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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 7:51 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2021, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 55
County Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | 3 Ene Dodge City, KS | ASOS STATION KDDC DODGE CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.
156
WWUS83 KDDC 080051
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
751 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
KSZ064-065-078-079-080145-
Hodgeman KS-Pawnee KS-Edwards KS-Ford KS-
751 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Ford,
northwestern Kiowa, southeastern Hodgeman, southern Pawnee and
western Edwards Counties through 845 PM CDT...
At 751 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Rozel to near Dodge City. Movement was
east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Burdett around 755 PM CDT.
Rozel around 800 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Sanford,
Garfield, Spearville, Frizell, Larned, Windhorst and Bellefont.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central and southwestern Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3818 9896 3773 9953 3773 9956 3769 9958
3776 10019 3822 9949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 277DEG 17KT 3821 9944 3783 10002
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 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, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.