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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 3, 2018Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2018, 1:21 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2018, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 12:00Z on 2018-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 517 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 12:00Z on 2018-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 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
517 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

871 
WWUS83 KDDC 031821
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
121 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2018
 
KSZ076-086-087-031900-
Seward KS-Meade KS-Haskell KS-
121 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD...
NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM
CDT...

At 120 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near Plains, or 7 miles northeast of Kismet, moving north at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. 
Localized flooding is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Kismet, Missler and Plains. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3719 10048 3720 10070 3745 10088 3746 10026
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 180DEG 20KT 3728 10059 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush56 min
Sep 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego62 min
Sep 2, 11:13 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCPratt, Stafford12 hr
Sep 3, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCKiowa4 hr
Sep 3, 3:50 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCKiowa9 hr
Sep 3, 4:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford9 hr
Sep 3, 8:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDDCBarber23 hr
Sep 3, 12:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCKiowa3 hr
Sep 3, 12:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade50 min
Sep 3, 1:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCMeade, Seward3 hr
Sep 3, 1:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford3 hr
Sep 3, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade53 min
Sep 3, 4:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCEllis4 hr
Sep 3, 4:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford21 hr
Sep 3, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton49 min
Sep 3, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton46 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.