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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 1:07 AM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
588
WWUS83 KDDC 070607
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
107 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2018
KSZ030-031-045-046-070700-
Rush KS-Trego KS-Ellis KS-Ness KS-
107 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NESS...SOUTHERN TREGO...WESTERN
RUSH AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
At 107 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 5 miles south of Ogallah to 5 miles north of
Utica. Movement was east at 35 mph.
Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Hays, Ellis, Ness City, Bazine, Ransom, McCracken, Utica, Alexander,
Brownell, Trego Center, Yocemento, Cedar Bluff, Arnold, Antonino and
Riga.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3891 9930 3837 9955 3841 10010 3862 10025
3870 10025 3870 10016 3877 10015 3896 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 286DEG 31KT 3891 9975 3873 10015
$$
UMSCHEIDThe 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, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 65 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, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 41 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.