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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 1, 2018Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2018, 2:08 AM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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
Sep 1, 2018, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2018, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 2018-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1598 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 2018-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

760 
WWUS83 KDDC 010708
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
208 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018
 
KSZ064-077-078-087-010815-
Gray KS-Hodgeman KS-Meade KS-Ford KS-
208 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN
HODGEMAN...NORTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM
CDT...

At 207 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near 
The Haggard Elev, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Spearville, Ensign, Howell, Wright, The Haggard Elev and
Ft. Dodge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3744 10033 3766 10045 3810 10003 3796 9972
      3764 9984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 236DEG 33KT 3762 10033 

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 8:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCGrant, Kearny3 hr
Aug 31, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott58 min
Aug 31, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott34 min
Aug 31, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott28 min
Aug 31, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego33 min
Aug 31, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush42 min
Sep 1, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman20 min
Sep 1, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade61 min
Sep 1, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord37 min
Sep 1, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego41 min
Sep 1, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego33 min
Sep 1, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego60 min
Sep 1, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis65 min
Sep 1, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis45 min
Sep 1, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego41 min
Sep 1, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis42 min
Sep 1, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Ness61 min
Sep 1, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis47 min
Sep 1, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush44 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.