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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 5, 20194 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2019, 10:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 65 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: Jul 5, 2019, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2019, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 8.4

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The text

As transmitted.

420 
WWUS83 KDDC 060310
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1010 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019
 
KSZ065-066-078>081-089-090-060415-
Pratt KS-Stafford KS-Pawnee KS-Barber KS-Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-Ford KS-
Comanche KS-
1010 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD...KIOWA...
NORTHWESTERN BARBER...NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE...
STAFFORD...EDWARDS AND PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

At 1008 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Mullinville to 8 miles northeast of
Hudson. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Pratt, Larned, Kinsley, St. John, Stafford, Greensburg, Haviland,
Macksville, Lewis, Mullinville, Offerle, Garfield, Iuka, Preston,
Hudson, Sawyer, Cullison, Belpre, Coats and Seward.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3715 9919 3781 9969 3826 9899 3826 9847
      3755 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 292DEG 27KT 3759 9952 3821 9859 

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	31 min
Jul 5, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	54 min
Jul 5, 7:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Grant, Stevens	3 hr
Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	60 min
Jul 5, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	56 min
Jul 5, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee	65 min
Jul 5, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	58 min
Jul 5, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	67 min
Jul 5, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	48 min
Jul 5, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	51 min
Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	65 min
Jul 5, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	60 min
Jul 5, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	55 min
Jul 5, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	60 min
Jul 5, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	57 min
Jul 5, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Meade	60 min
Jul 5, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Pratt	46 min
Jul 5, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	61 min

Nearby

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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.