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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 2 Ssw Iuka, KS | AWOS 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.
- 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.
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
$$
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, 7:51 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 |
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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.