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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 12, 2021Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 12, 2021, 1:36 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
Oct 12, 2021, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
40

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 12:00Z on 2021-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

774 
WWUS83 KDDC 121836
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
136 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021
 
KSZ090-121900-
Barber KS-
136 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Barber
County through 200 PM CDT...

At 136 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Hazelton, moving northeast at 45 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 storm will remain over mainly rural areas of Barber county.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9854 3726 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 216DEG 40KT 3706 9838 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber31 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.