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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2021, 5:39 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 55
County Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
832
WWUS83 KDDC 202239
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
539 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
KSZ046-065-202330-
Rush KS-Pawnee KS-
539 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Pawnee
and southeastern Rush Counties through 630 PM CDT...
At 539 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ash Valley, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel 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...
Ash Valley around 545 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3821 9925 3828 9941 3848 9929 3845 9908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 215DEG 19KT 3828 9928
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 34 min |
| 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, 5:44 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.