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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2018, 4:37 PM CDT for Kearny 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 18, 2018, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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</html>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 18, 3:54 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:54 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 251 AM CDT Sat Aug 18 2018 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-190800- 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- 251 AM CDT Sat Aug 18 2018 /151 AM MDT Sat Aug 18 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 ---------------- Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across the western counties late this afternoon. Some of these storms will be capable of marginally severe hail (quarter size) and wind gusts (60 mph). Numerous thunderstorms are expected this evening and tonight. These storms will produce heavy rainfall and frequent dangerous lightning. Some strong wind gusts near 50 mph are possible through about midnight. A limited flooding risk is expected, concentrated mostly south and east of Dodge City through Sunday morning. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Thunderstorm Wind Damage: Limited risk * Thunderstorm Hail: Limited risk * Flooding: Limited risk * Lightning: Significant risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Thunderstorms will linger across the eastern zones through Sunday morning with a continued risk for lightning and heavy rain. The next chance of scattered thunderstorms is scheduled for Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Sunday - Lightning: Elevated risk - Flooding: Limited risk * Monday No hazards. * Tuesday - Lightning: Limited risk * Wednesday - Lightning: Limited risk * Thursday No hazards. * Friday No hazards. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required this evening, mainly west of US Highway 283. && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo Turner
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
437 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2018
KSZ062-063-182230-
Finney KS-Kearny KS-
437 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN KEARNY AND NORTHWESTERN
FINNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
At 436 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles northwest of Lakin, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northern Kearny and
northwestern Finney Counties.
LAT...LON 3827 10128 3826 10125 3826 10104 3810 10100
3797 10142 3817 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 243DEG 11KT 3810 10140
HOVORKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 66 min |
| Aug 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 47 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.