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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 26, 2021Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 26, 2021, 7:49 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 26, 2021, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
55

County Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 340 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

984 
WWUS83 KDDC 270049
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
749 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
 
KSZ064-078-270115-
Hodgeman KS-Ford KS-
749 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Ford
and western Hodgeman Counties through 815 PM CDT...

At 749 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles north of Howell, moving north at 40 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 storm 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 100 AM CDT for southwestern
Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3790 10023 3822 10014 3816 9986 3785 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 198DEG 33KT 3794 10013 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 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 26, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord25 min
Oct 26, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness35 min
Oct 26, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego53 min
Oct 26, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord30 min
Oct 26, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman48 min
Oct 26, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness22 min
Oct 26, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Trego44 min
Oct 26, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman31 min
Oct 26, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche50 min
Oct 26, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego36 min
Oct 26, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush63 min
Oct 26, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee36 min
Oct 26, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord36 min
Oct 26, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt46 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.