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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 12:25 AM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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 7, 2018, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
756 WWUS83 KDDC 070525 SPSDDC Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1225 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2018 KSZ084-085-070630- Stevens KS-Morton KS- 1225 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORTON AND SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT... At 1225 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Hough, or 9 miles south of Rolla, moving east at 30 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Hugoton, Rolla, Wilburton and Feterita. LAT...LON 3699 10183 3722 10180 3716 10108 3700 10108 TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 287DEG 26KT 3699 10157 $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 56 min |
| Aug 6, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 56 min |
| Aug 6, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 41 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.