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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 10, 2010Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2010, 7:12 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 10, 2010, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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 92 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 2010-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 684 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 2010-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
684 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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.

623 
WWUS83 KDDC 110012
SPSDDC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
712 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

KSZ063-110100-
FINNEY-
712 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY...

AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF PLYMELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

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

RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
PLYMELL AND GARDEN CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3803 10100 3796 10068 3774 10091 3778 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 210DEG 9KT 3782 10096

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell32 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.