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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 2021Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 9:54 PM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
55

Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 10:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 622 Ssw Iuka, KSAWOS STATION KPTT PRATT INDUST.

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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

467 
WWUS83 KDDC 080254
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
954 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
KSZ065-066-079>081-090-080400-
Pratt KS-Stafford KS-Pawnee KS-Barber KS-Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-
954 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern Kiowa,
northwestern Barber, southeastern Pawnee, Stafford, southeastern
Edwards and Pratt Counties through 1100 PM CDT...

At 953 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Zook to near Wellsford to near Belvidere.
Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea 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.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Macksville around 1000 PM CDT.
  Cullison around 1005 PM CDT.
  Byers and Dillwyn around 1010 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Pratt, St. John,
Iuka, Coats, Sawyer, Stafford, Preston, Cairo, Isabel and Zenith.

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 1100 PM CDT for
south central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3739 9913 3768 9907 3800 9910 3811 9847
      3739 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 263DEG 32KT 3801 9905 3769 9901 3743 9908 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 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, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney43 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

Nearby

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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.