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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2017, 6:16 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 22, 2017, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 33 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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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 22, 6:00 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 6:00 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 412 AM CDT Sat Jul 22 2017 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-231100- 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- 412 AM CDT Sat Jul 22 2017 /312 AM MDT Sat Jul 22 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 ---------------- Hot temperatures are expected again this afternoon with highs topping out in the mid 90s along the Colorado border and ranging upward to around 105 over central and south central Kansas. Heat indices are expected to reach 105 or more along and east of a Meade to Hays line. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop later this afternoon and evening especially toward central Kansas around Hays. There is a marginal risk for severe storms with damaging gusty winds being the main threat. A more slight chance for thunderstorms is expected over far southwest Kansas. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Hail: Limited risk * Thunderstorm wind damage: Limited risk * Flooding: Limited risk * Lightning: Limited risk * Excessive heat: Significant risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
429 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2017
KSZ090-222215-
Barber KS-
429 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM CDT...
At 428 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near Kiowa, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph are expected from this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Kiowa, Hardtner and Hazelton.
LAT...LON 3700 9861 3702 9865 3725 9848 3718 9835
3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 219DEG 11KT 3702 9851
TURNERLocal storm report, Jul 22, 5:27 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 60 min |
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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.