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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 58 min |
| Aug 31, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 20 min |
| Sep 1, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 7:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 65 min |
| Sep 1, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Ness | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 44 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.