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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2018, 1:15 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 30, 2018, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 30, 12:35 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 12:35 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 405 AM CDT Mon Jul 30 2018 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-310915- 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- 405 AM CDT Mon Jul 30 2018 /305 AM MDT Mon Jul 30 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south central...southwest and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. 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
Local storm report, Jul 30, 9:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 115 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2018 KSZ078>080-301900- Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-Ford KS- 115 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2018 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... At 115 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very near Windhorst, moving south at 25 mph. Half inch hail will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Bucklin, Mullinville and Windhorst. 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. && LAT...LON 3749 9963 3783 9972 3788 9953 3758 9932 TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 346DEG 21KT 3779 9962 TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 51 min |
| Jul 29, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 42 min |
| Jul 29, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 12:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 7 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 65 min |
| Jul 30, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 65 min |
| Jul 30, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 33 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.