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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2017, 4:13 PM CDT for Pawnee 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 5, 2017, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1352 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
469
WWUS83 KDDC 052113
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
413 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017
KSZ065-066-052200-
Stafford KS-Pawnee KS-
413 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHWESTERN
STAFFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
At 412 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near Zook, or 6 miles south of Larned, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Larned, Garfield, Seward, Radium and Zook.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3800 9913 3809 9926 3829 9904 3829 9903
3826 9903 3826 9893 3820 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 232DEG 21KT 3808 9910
$$
TATROThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 51 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.