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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 29, 2021Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 29, 2021, 1:04 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2021, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1248 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 338 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 29, 12:48 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 12:48 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 5:15 AM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
515 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-301015-
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
515 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021 /415 AM MDT Sun Aug 29 2021/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south
central...southwest and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Day 1 Discussion
----------------

Scattered thunderstorms will develop along and ahead of a cold
front this morning, weaken by mid morning and probably redevelop
again with late afternoon heating. Locally heavy rain and
frequent cloud to ground lightning are possible with any storms
Today.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Thunderstorm wind damage: Limited risk
* Lightning: Elevated risk
* Excessive heat: Limited risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

For more details visit our webpage
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ddc

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 7:09 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
709 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

KSZ045-046-064-065-291245-
Hodgeman KS-Rush KS-Pawnee KS-Ness KS-
709 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Ness,
northeastern Hodgeman, northwestern Pawnee and southwestern Rush
Counties through 745 AM CDT...

At 707 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Burdett, moving northwest at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Alexander and Bazine.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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 3825 9940 3820 9957 3846 9984 3853 9941
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 155DEG 19KT 3830 9956

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

RBURG

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 1:04 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
104 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

KSZ090-291845-
Barber KS-
104 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Barber
County through 145 PM CDT...

At 103 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Medicine Lodge, moving southeast at 25 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Hardtner and Kiowa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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 3700 9872 3715 9884 3743 9851 3742 9846
      3739 9846 3738 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 329DEG 21KT 3725 9869

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

RBURG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	28 min
Aug 28, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	65 min
Aug 28, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	28 min
Aug 29, 7:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	36 min
Aug 29, 9:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Ellis, Rush	3 hr
Aug 29, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche	28 min
Aug 29, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche	41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.