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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2020, 4:33 PM MDT for Hamilton 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
- Aug 9, 2020, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2020, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 9, 12:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 12:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 525 AM CDT Sun Aug 9 2020 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-101030- 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- 525 AM CDT Sun Aug 9 2020 /425 AM MDT Sun Aug 9 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 ---------------- Hot temperatures will again develop this afternoon with widespread heat indices expected to be in the 100 to 104 degree range. Widely scattered thunderstorms will develop late this afternoon and evening mainly west of a Ulysses to Garden City to Dighton line. A few wind gusts in the 50 to 60 mph range will be possible with the strongest storms. A cluster of thunderstorms will likely continue into the overnight hours across portions of west central and southwest Kansas, however late night severe weather threat appears very low. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Lightning: Limited risk * Excessive heat: Limited risk * Non-thunderstorm wind: Limited risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Organized thunderstorm activity is likely along a cold front on Monday. There is a marginal risk for severe weather, mainly in the form of damaging wind gusts around 60 mph and large hail around quarter size with the strongest storm. There will be at least slight chances for thunderstorms through the week, however severe weather threat appears minimal at this time. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Monday - Flooding: Limited risk - Lightning: Limited risk - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Elevated risk * Tuesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Wednesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Thursday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Friday - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Saturday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited 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, Aug 9, 4:33 PM MDT, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 49 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.