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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2018, 7:12 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 10, 2018, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2018, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 830 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
098 WWUS83 KDDC 110012 SPSDDC Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 712 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2018 KSZ087-088-110045- Meade KS-Clark KS- 712 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... At 711 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles southeast of Minneola, moving southwest at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Minneola. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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 3745 9985 3732 9981 3727 10010 3747 10012 TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 079DEG 12KT 3740 9993 $$ TURNER
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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.