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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2018, 5:42 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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 2, 2018, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2018, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 2, 5:13 PM MDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 5:13 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 613 PM CDT Mon Jul 2 2018 ...Updated Aviation... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 113 PM CDT Mon Jul 2 2018 Have the highest pops near the Colorado border for this evening. There is a chance of storms in this area associated with upslope flow. Main threats if storms do develop would be 60 mph winds and up to 1" hail. The NMMB is fairly excited with storm development and keeps activity going through the overnight across portions of Kansas. Not totally sure this will happen given how weak steering flow is. Still, will retain the slight pops in during the overnight period as I cannot rule out an isolated overnight storm entirely. Otherwise, a fairly quiet night is expected with lows in the 60s and 70s. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Monday) Issued at 113 PM CDT Mon Jul 2 2018 A dry forecast is forecast for Tuesday night as 500-hPa heights rise in association with a building ridge axis developing over the greater region. Highs tomorrow should peak in the mid to upper 90s. The next chance of storms is Wednesday evening. Storms look to erupt along a frontal boundary across Nebraska. Some of this activity may drift across the northern zones. Otherwise, the rest of the forecast area will remain dry. Will have to watch out Thursday and Friday. The above mentioned front may sag southward across the forecast area. This may lead to isolated storms developing along the boundary. Along with the higher chance of storms comes slightly cooler highs for the end of the business week. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday evening) Issued at 611 PM CDT Mon Jul 2 2018 VFR conditions through the time period. Clouds above 15,000 ft from dying storms in eastern Colorado into western Kansas will overspread mainly GCK and LBL from 03Z-09Z...otherwise a generally quiet time period weather wise. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 70 97 72 97 / 20 0 0 0 GCK 68 96 70 97 / 20 0 10 10 EHA 68 96 69 97 / 30 0 10 10 LBL 69 97 70 98 / 20 0 10 0 HYS 71 97 73 98 / 20 10 0 0 P28 72 98 73 96 / 20 0 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Sugden LONG TERM...Sugden AVIATION...Tatro
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:53 AM MDT, 12 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 553 AM CDT Mon Jul 2 2018 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-031100- 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- 553 AM CDT Mon Jul 2 2018 /453 AM MDT Mon Jul 2 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 ---------------- Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are expected to move into far western Kansas this evening. The severe weather risk is marginal, given low wind shear. That being stated, an isolated large hail report to half dollar size and wind gusts to 60 mph cannot be ruled out. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Lightning: Limited risk * Excessive heat: Limited risk * Non-thunderstorm wind: Limited risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Thunderstorms will be possible again later in the week, although the risk of any severe weather will be low given upper level high pressure in place, which will keep wind shear quite low. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Tuesday - Excessive heat: Limited risk - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Wednesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Thursday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Friday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Saturday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Sunday - Excessive heat: Limited risk .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 2, 5:42 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
642 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2018
KSZ061-062-074-030045-
Stanton KS-Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-
642 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAMILTON...NORTHWESTERN KEARNY
AND NORTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT/645 PM MDT/...
At 641 PM CDT/541 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles north of Towner to
11 miles southeast of Sheridan Lake to 15 miles south of Coolidge to
17 miles northwest of The Saunders Elevator to 2 miles southeast of
Two Buttes. Movement was east at 25 mph.
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with these storms.
These storms have had a history of producing 60 to 77 mph wind gusts
at the Lamar, Colorado airport.
Locations impacted include...
Syracuse and Coolidge.
LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10144 3796 10153 3779 10167
3756 10191 3754 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 253DEG 20KT 3854 10211 3834 10215 3826 10197
3784 10210 3767 10224 3754 10236
TATRONearby
Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018
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.