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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2017, 6:54 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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 1, 2017, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 Aug 1, 6:05 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 6:05 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 400 AM CDT Tue Aug 1 2017 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-020900- 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- 400 AM CDT Tue Aug 1 2017 /300 AM MDT Tue Aug 1 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 ---------------- Areas of fog will result in limited visibility through about 9 am. Locally dense fog, with visibility as low as one quarter mile, is possible mainly across the southwest counties. An isolated thunderstorm is possible this afternoon, mainly south of US 50. Coverage, if any, will be limited, with most locations dry. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Lightning: Limited risk * Fog: Elevated risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Wednesday will feature dry weather and warmer temperatures. A strong cold front for summer standards will arrive Wednesday night and early Thursday. The best potential for thunderstorms will be behind the front late Thursday across the western counties. Some strong storms with locally heavy/flooding rain are possible. Dry stable air will prevent thunderstorms Friday. An active northwest flow aloft will likely produce clusters of thunderstorms (MCS) late Saturday through Saturday night. Heavy rain, flooding potential and marginally severe hail and wind will be concerns with these storms. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Wednesday No hazards. * Thursday - Flooding: Limited risk - Lightning: Limited risk * Friday No hazards. * Saturday - Lightning: Elevated risk - Flooding: Limited risk * Sunday - Lightning: Limited risk * Monday - Lightning: Limited risk .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo TURNER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 216 PM MDT TUE AUG 1 2017 KSZ061-012100- Hamilton KS- 216 PM MDT TUE AUG 1 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM MDT... At 216 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very near Coolidge, or 13 miles west of Syracuse, moving south at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Coolidge and Medway. LAT...LON 3811 10204 3812 10186 3783 10180 3782 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 358DEG 12KT 3805 10198 JJOHNSON
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 1, 4:29 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 44 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.