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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 7, 2008Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2008, 2:39 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 7, 2008, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2008-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 271 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 12:00Z on 2008-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
271 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 7, 3:01 AM CDT, 11 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:01 AM CDT, 11 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:49 AM CDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
449 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081000-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
449 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 /349 AM MDT MON JUL 7 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON NORTHWEST
OF A HAYS TO GARDEN CITY TO JOHNSON CITY LINE. AS THESE STORMS
DEVELOP A FEW WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS.

BY EVENING THESE STORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND START TO
MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN KANSAS. AS THESE STORMS MOVE
ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS A FEW STILL
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL BUT THE MAIN HAZARD OVERNIGHT
WILL BE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY
ON TUESDAY. THE AREA WHERE THE STEADIER AND HEAVIER SHOWER
ACTIVITY WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HAYS TO
DODGE CITY TO LIBERAL. THE MAIN HAZARD AT THIS TIME WILL BE SMALL
HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 5 PM NORTHWEST OF A
JOHNSON CITY TO GARDEN CITY TO HAYS LINE.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:07 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
207 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

KSZ062-074-075-072000-
GRANT-KEARNY-STANTON-
207 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GRANT...KEARNY AND STANTON
COUNTIES...

AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF ULYSSES...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3772 10151 3819 10111 3794 10111 3741 10110
      3739 10201 3771 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 250DEG 27KT 3767 10130

BURKE
Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:29 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
229 PM CDT MON JUL 07 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0216 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NNW ULYSSES           37.67N 101.40W
07/07/2008                   GRANT              KS   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            A POWER POLE WAS REPORTED BLOW DOWN.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
239 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

KSZ043-063-072030-
FINNEY-SCOTT-
239 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FINNEY AND SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 236 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF HOLCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 21
MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN FINNEY AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3837 10086 3811 10047 3797 10094 3810 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 226DEG 19KT 3810 10093

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Stanton53 min
Jul 7, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant38 min
Jul 7, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane20 min
Jul 7, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane49 min
Jul 7, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego36 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.