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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 6:26 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Scott County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
799
WWUS83 KDDC 022326
SPSDDC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
KSZ043-030000-
SCOTT KS-
626 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM
CDT...
AT 626 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF MODOC...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY.
HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTT CITY AND MODOC.
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 3866 10101 3853 10086 3836 10098 3849 10113
3857 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 045DEG 7KT 3855 10101
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 12 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.