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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 5, 2018Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2018, 8:54 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 2018, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2018, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 424 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
424 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 Aug 5, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 4:29 AM CDT, 16 hours 25 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
429 AM CDT Sun Aug 5 2018

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-060930-
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-
429 AM CDT Sun Aug 5 2018 /329 AM MDT Sun Aug 5 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
----------------

A few thunderstorms may move from eastern Colorado into southwest
Kansas late this afternoon. Large dewpoint depressions will favor
highly localized high winds.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Lightning: Limited risk
* Excessive heat: Limited risk
* Non-thunderstorm wind: Limited risk
* Fire weather: Elevated risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------

Thunderstorms are likely to develop along a weak cold front Monday
afternoon, and a cluster of thunderstorms is likely to move from
eastern Colorado into southwest Kansas late Monday and Monday
night. Hail up to the size of golfballs and damaging winds are
possible with the more intense thunderstorms. Another cluster of
thunderstorms may move into far southwest Kansas Tuesday night,
and thunderstorms are possible again Wednesday.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Monday
  - Lightning: Elevated risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Tuesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk

* Wednesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Thursday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Friday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Saturday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed after 4 PM CDT in western
Kansas from Syracuse to Scott City.

&&

For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
450 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

KSZ043-052245-
Scott KS-
450 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM CDT...

At 449 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Modoc, moving east at 35 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Scott State Lake.

LAT...LON 3870 10071 3846 10113 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 249DEG 30KT 3861 10109

AJOHNSON
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
519 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

KSZ043-044-052315-
Lane KS-Scott KS-
519 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHERN
LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

At 519 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles northwest of Manning, moving east at 30 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Manning, Pendennis, Healy and Shields.

LAT...LON 3870 10028 3853 10029 3854 10088 3870 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 267DEG 28KT 3862 10078

GERARD
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
555 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

KSZ030-052345-
Trego KS-
555 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY UNTIL 645
PM CDT...

At 554 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Collyer, moving east at 30 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Wakeeney, Ogallah, Collyer and Voda.

LAT...LON 3888 9971 3890 10015 3913 10015 3913 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 266DEG 27KT 3900 10013

GERARD
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:54 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
854 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

KSZ043-060230-
Scott KS-
854 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 930
PM CDT...

At 854 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles west of Scott State Lake, moving east at 40 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Scott State Lake and Manning.

LAT...LON 3870 10069 3848 10070 3854 10113 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 276DEG 33KT 3868 10110

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis50 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.