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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 12, 2021, 6:09 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 6:09 PM MDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 55
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
459
WWUS83 KDDC 130009
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
609 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021
KSZ061-130045-
Hamilton KS-
609 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Hamilton
County through 645 PM MDT...
At 609 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 15 miles southwest of Horace to near Coolidge.
Movement was northeast at 50 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.
These storms will remain over mainly rural areas of .
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for southwestern
Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10165 3804 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 233DEG 62KT 3828 10192 3811 10204
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 6:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 6:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 42 min |
| Oct 12, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 43 min |
| Oct 12, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 7:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 40 min |
| Oct 12, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 38 min |
| Oct 12, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 21 min |
| Oct 12, 8:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 53 min |
| Oct 12, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 45 min |
| Oct 12, 8:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 8:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 26 min |
| Oct 12, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more | 44 min |
| Oct 12, 8:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 38 min |
| Oct 12, 9:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 21 min |
| Oct 12, 9:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 11 min |
| Oct 12, 9:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 40 min |
| Oct 12, 9:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 9:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 9:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 58 min |
| Oct 12, 9:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 54 min |
| Oct 12, 9:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade | 67 min |
| Oct 12, 9:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 17 min |
| Oct 12, 10:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 10:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 10:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 38 min |
| Oct 12, 10:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 35 min |
| Oct 12, 11:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 18 min |
| Oct 12, 11:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more | 58 min |
| Oct 13, 12:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Pratt, Stafford | 66 min |
| Oct 13, 1:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 29 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.