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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 8, 2015Grant County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2015, 7:39 PM CDT for Grant County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 8, 2015, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Grant County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 7:57 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 582 Nnw Ulysses, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2015-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 822 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

377 
WWUS83 KDDC 090039
SPSDDC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
739 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015
 
KSZ061-074-075-084-090115-
GRANT KS-HAMILTON KS-MORTON KS-STANTON KS-
739 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORTON...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON...STANTON...SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY AND
SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/...

AT 738 PM CDT /638 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF MANTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ULYSSES...JOHNSON CITY...MANTER AND BIG BOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3791 10174 3776 10153 3774 10153 3774 10150
      3748 10115 3733 10186 3752 10198
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 230DEG 33KT 3745 10187 

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more49 min
Aug 8, 8:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton12 hr
Aug 8, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis46 min
Aug 8, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis24 min
Aug 8, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman53 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.