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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 2018Ness County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess56 min
Aug 6, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis66 min
Aug 6, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego56 min
Aug 6, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego33 min
Aug 7, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens65 min
Aug 7, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Rush63 min
Aug 7, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny55 min
Aug 7, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny41 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.