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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 12, 2021Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 12, 2021, 6:21 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2021, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 12, 7:00 PM MDTHAIL 1.2516 Nnw Manter, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 00:00Z on 2021-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 441 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 383 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

466 
WWUS83 KDDC 130021
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
721 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021
 
KSZ061-062-074-130100-
Stanton KS-Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-
721 PM CDT Tue Oct 12 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Hamilton, west
central Kearny and Stanton Counties through 800 PM CDT/700 PM MDT/...

At 721 PM CDT/621 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southeast of Towner
to 17 miles south of Coolidge. Movement was northeast at 50 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.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Coolidge around 630 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT/1000 PM MDT/ for
southwestern Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3804 10204 3827 10165 3826 10154 3750 10153
      3752 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 193DEG 100KT 3837 10200 3779 10205 

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

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton36 min
Oct 12, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton29 min
Oct 12, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton42 min
Oct 12, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton32 min
Oct 12, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens43 min
Oct 12, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton47 min
Oct 12, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott40 min
Oct 12, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens38 min
Oct 12, 7:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott21 min
Oct 12, 8:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens53 min
Oct 12, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott45 min
Oct 12, 8:22 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade, Seward23 min
Oct 12, 8:34 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCGray, Haskell26 min
Oct 12, 8:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade and 1 more44 min
Oct 12, 8:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego38 min
Oct 12, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness21 min
Oct 12, 9:04 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray11 min
Oct 12, 9:14 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFord31 min
Oct 12, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade40 min
Oct 12, 9:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCHodgeman, Ness39 min
Oct 12, 9:36 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman24 min
Oct 12, 9:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush58 min
Oct 12, 9:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa54 min
Oct 12, 9:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade67 min
Oct 12, 9:58 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Meade17 min
Oct 12, 10:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis27 min
Oct 12, 10:13 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa32 min
Oct 12, 10:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford38 min
Oct 12, 10:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa35 min
Oct 12, 11:12 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford18 min
Oct 12, 11:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatDDCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more58 min
Oct 13, 12:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCBarber, Comanche, Pratt, Stafford66 min
Oct 13, 1:16 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.