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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 3, 2017Edwards County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2017, 2:29 AM CDT for Edwards County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 3, 2017, 2:29 AM CDT (07:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2017, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 723 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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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 3, 2:18 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:18 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:02 AM CDT, 22 hours 27 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
402 AM CDT Sun Jul 2 2017

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-030915-
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-
402 AM CDT Sun Jul 2 2017 /302 AM MDT Sun Jul 2 2017/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south
central...southwest and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Day 1 Discussion
----------------

Thunderstorms will possible late this afternoon and evening across
central and portions of southwest Kansas. Some storms may become
severe capable of producing quarter to golf ball size hail and
damaging winds in excess of 60 mph.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Hail: Elevated risk
* Thunderstorm wind damage: Elevated risk
* Lightning: Limited risk
* Excessive heat: Limited risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------

Strong to marginally severe thunderstorms will be possible Monday
and Tuesday. Any storms that develop will be capable of producing
up to quarter size hail and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Monday
  - Flooding: Elevated risk
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Tuesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Wednesday
  No hazards.

* Thursday
  No hazards.

* Friday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Saturday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed late this afternoon and
evening...mainly east of a Garden City to Meade line.

&&

For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:48 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:29 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	64 min
Jul 3, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	70 min
Jul 3, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	58 min
Jul 3, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	57 min
Jul 3, 2:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane, Ness	55 min
Jul 3, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford	59 min
Jul 3, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	55 min
Jul 3, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	56 min
Jul 3, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	47 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.