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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 2, 2016Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 6:13 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 2, 2016, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-320 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

482 
WWUS83 KDDC 022313
SPSDDC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
613 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
 
KSZ043-044-030000-
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
613 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND
NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 612 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF MANNING...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. 

WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY.
HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10056 3845 10075 3860 10095 3870 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 055DEG 4KT 3861 10078 

$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane63 min
Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane31 min
Aug 2, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott27 min
Aug 2, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane62 min
Aug 2, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane34 min
Aug 2, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny34 min
Aug 2, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott12 min
Aug 2, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott34 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.