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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 5, 2018, 7:17 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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
- Oct 5, 2018, 7:17 AM CDT (12:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2018, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -562 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Oct 5, 5:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 5:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 406 AM CDT Fri Oct 5 2018 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-060915- 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- 406 AM CDT Fri Oct 5 2018 /306 AM MDT Fri Oct 5 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 ---------------- Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across portions of central and south central Kansas this evening into the early overnight period. Hail over an inch in diameter and winds over 60 mph will be the main concern. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Lightning: Limited risk * Non-thunderstorm wind: Elevated risk * Fog: Significant risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible Saturday through Tuesday, especially across central and south central Kansas. Flooding may also become a concern in some places. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Saturday - Flooding: Limited risk - Lightning: Limited risk * Sunday - Lightning: Limited risk * Monday - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Tuesday No hazards. * Wednesday No hazards. * Thursday No hazards. .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, Oct 5, 7:17 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 4:46 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 5, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 41 min |
| Oct 5, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 65 min |
| Oct 5, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 38 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.