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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 3, 2020Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2020, 6:18 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 3, 2020, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2020-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 176 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2020-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 Jul 3, 1:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 5:24 AM CDT, 12 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
524 AM CDT Fri Jul 3 2020

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-041030-
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-
524 AM CDT Fri Jul 3 2020 /424 AM MDT Fri Jul 3 2020/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south
central...southwest and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Day 1 Discussion
----------------
Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms will be possible again
this afternoon, particularly south and west of a Dighton to
Stafford line. The severe weather risk is marginal, with the main
threat being damaging wind gusts to 60 mph and large hail to
half dollar size in the strongest storm.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Thunderstorm Wind: Limited risk
* Hail: Limited risk
* Lightning: Limited risk
* Excessive heat: Limited risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------
There will be a chance for thunderstorms somewhere across
west central, southwest, or south central Kansas nearly
each period Saturday through Monday, but the severe weather
potential will likely be very low given the poor forecast
wind shear.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Saturday
  - Lightning: Elevated risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Sunday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Monday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Tuesday
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Wednesday
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk
  - Fire weather: Elevated risk

* Thursday
  - Excessive heat: Elevated risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

For more details visit our webpage
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ddc

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:38 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
538 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2020

KSZ087-032330-
Meade KS-
538 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

At 538 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Forgan, or 13 miles southwest of Meade State Park,
moving southwest at 10 mph.

Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Meade
County.

LAT...LON 3701 10063 3709 10058 3705 10045 3700 10050
      3700 10063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 056DEG 7KT 3701 10058

SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:41 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
541 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2020

KSZ076-077-087-032330-
Gray KS-Meade KS-Haskell KS-
541 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE...SOUTHWESTERN
GRAY AND EAST CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

At 540 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Copeland. This storm was nearly stationary.

Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Copeland.

LAT...LON 3763 10058 3758 10043 3742 10048 3747 10069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 021DEG 4KT 3755 10055

SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
618 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2020

KSZ087-040000-
Meade KS-
618 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM CDT...

At 618 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles south of Meade State Park. This storm was nearly stationary.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Meade
County.

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 3703 10057 3716 10045 3701 10022 3700 10025
      3700 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 234DEG 2KT 3704 10048

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane57 min
Jul 2, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford50 min
Jul 2, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane57 min
Jul 2, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush48 min
Jul 2, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego37 min
Jul 2, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego59 min
Jul 2, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis43 min
Jul 2, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess52 min
Jul 2, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman40 min
Jul 2, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush43 min
Jul 2, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee45 min
Jul 2, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford49 min
Jul 3, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade52 min
Jul 3, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray49 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.