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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2021, 3:56 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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 20, 2021, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
148
WWUS83 KDDC 202056
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
356 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
KSZ065-079-202130-
Pawnee KS-Edwards KS-
356 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Pawnee,
western Stafford and northern Edwards Counties through 430 PM CDT...
At 355 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Garfield, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch 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...
Garfield around 405 PM CDT.
Zook and Frizell around 415 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Larned.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3802 9894 3790 9939 3804 9947 3828 9903
3826 9903 3826 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 240DEG 27KT 3802 9929
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 23 min |
| Aug 20, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 30 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.