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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 53 min |
| Oct 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 22 min |
| Oct 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Trego | 44 min |
| Oct 26, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 31 min |
| Oct 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 63 min |
| Oct 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 46 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.