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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 30, 2018Lane County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2018, 5:17 AM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2018, 5:17 AM CDT (10:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2018, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Lane County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2018-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1206 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
1206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.0

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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 30, 2:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 3:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
315 AM CDT Thu Aug 30 2018

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-311000-
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-
315 AM CDT Thu Aug 30 2018 /215 AM MDT Thu Aug 30 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
----------------

Patchy fog will be possible early this morning across southwest
and north central Kansas. Visibilities will fall to less than one
mile at times early this morning. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms can also be expected early this morning but any
storm that does develop across western Kansas will not be severe.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Lightning: Limited risk
* Excessive heat: Limited risk
* Fog: Limited risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------

There will be a chance for strong to marginally severe
thunderstorms Friday night and again late Saturday. The main
hazards currently appears to be wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph and hail.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Friday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk

* Saturday
  - Lightning: Elevated risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Sunday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Monday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Tuesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Wednesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 30, 5:01 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
501 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2018

KSZ076-077-301100-
Gray KS-Haskell KS-
501 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN FINNEY...SOUTHERN GRAY
AND NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...

At 501 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Copeland, moving east at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Montezuma, Ensign and The Haggard Elev.

LAT...LON 3764 10072 3774 10068 3774 10065 3777 10065
      3775 10022 3749 10023 3748 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 1001Z 292DEG 20KT 3767 10062

FINCH
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 5:17 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
517 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2018

KSZ043>045-301115-
Lane KS-Scott KS-Ness KS-
517 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS...NORTHEASTERN
SCOTT AND NORTHERN LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM CDT...

At 517 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 3
miles north of Healy, moving east at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dighton, Utica, Alamota, Pendennis, Healy and Shields.

LAT...LON 3869 10012 3836 10035 3862 10086 3870 10073
TIME...MOT...LOC 1017Z 292DEG 19KT 3865 10062

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray59 min
Aug 30, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego55 min
Aug 30, 5:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade50 min
Aug 30, 6:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord59 min
Aug 30, 6:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego41 min
Aug 30, 7:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCLane, Ness, Trego117 min
Aug 30, 7:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess57 min
Aug 30, 7:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord65 min
Aug 30, 8:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCNess3 hr
Aug 30, 8:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman49 min
Aug 30, 8:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord42 min
Aug 30, 9:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards54 min
Aug 30, 9:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa19 min
Aug 30, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt43 min

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Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018

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.