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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2018, 4:28 AM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 22, 2018, 4:28 AM CDT (09:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2018, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 363 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
- 435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 22, 2:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 249 AM CDT Fri Jun 22 2018 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-231000- 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- 249 AM CDT Fri Jun 22 2018 /149 AM MDT Fri Jun 22 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south central...southwest and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Day 1 Discussion ---------------- Severe thunderstorms will be possible late today and early tonight across western Kansas. Baseball size hail or larger along with wind gusts in excess of 60 mph and periods of heavy rainfall will be the main hazards. There will also be a chance for a few tornadoes late today or early this evening. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Tornado: Limited risk * Hail: Elevated risk * Thunderstorm wind damage: Elevated risk * Lightning: Elevated risk * Excessive heat: Limited risk * Non-thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Fire weather: Elevated risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Strong to Severe thunderstorms will be possible Sunday night. Hail two inches or large, strong damaging winds, and heavy rainfall currently appears to be the main hazards. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Saturday - Lightning: Limited risk - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Sunday - Lightning: Significant risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Monday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Tuesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Wednesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk - Fire weather: Elevated risk * Thursday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk - Fire weather: Elevated risk .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed after 2 pm west of highway 83. Spotter activation may then be required after 5 pm for the remainder of western Kansas. && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:28 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 8:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Rush and 1 more | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 1 more | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 3 more | 54 min |
Nearby
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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.