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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 19, 2020Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2020, 6:01 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 19, 2020, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2020, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Morton County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.

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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: 46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -267 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 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 19, 3:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 3:29 AM CDT, 14 hours 32 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
329 AM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-200830-
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-
329 AM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020 /229 AM MDT Sun Jul 19 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
----------------

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible late this afternoon into
tonight. The strongest storms will be capable of producing small
hail and winds up to 60 mph.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Thunderstorm wind damage: Limited risk
* Flooding: Limited risk
* Lightning: Elevated risk
* Excessive heat: Limited risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------

A slight chance of thunderstorms will be possible again Monday and
Tuesday. It is too early to tell if any of these storms will be
severe.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Monday
  - Flooding: Limited risk
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

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

* Wednesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk

* Thursday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk

* Friday
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk

* Saturday
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
601 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020

KSZ084-192345-
Morton KS-
601 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY UNTIL
645 PM CDT...

At 601 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles west of Elkhart, moving east at 10 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Elkhart.

LAT...LON 3707 10204 3704 10187 3699 10190 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 291DEG 12KT 3703 10216

FINCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	42 min
Jul 18, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny, Scott	47 min
Jul 18, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	66 min
Jul 18, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	49 min
Jul 18, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Ness	42 min
Jul 18, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Ness	27 min
Jul 18, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	51 min
Jul 18, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush	48 min
Jul 18, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman	37 min
Jul 18, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee	46 min
Jul 19, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	24 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.