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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2020, 12:13 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 16, 2020, 12:13 PM CDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 417 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 16, 6:04 AM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 6:04 AM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 604 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2020 ...Updated for aviation discussion... .SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight) Issued at 302 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2020 Light northwesterly mid to high level flow will persist through tonight along with very moist flow at lower levels. The lower levels did dry out a bit overnight as easterly winds pushed some drier air westward through Dodge City; but this will change this morning as we moisten back up. Strong instability will develop this afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms are expected to develop across the high plains given elevated heating on the western edge of the higher CAPE late this afternoon, and could move into extreme western Kansas this evening. Hail to half dollar size and winds to 60 mph are possible with the strongest storms. This activity may form into an MCS and move across southwestern Kansas later in the evening. Given the strong north component to the mid level flow, any MCS should be steered more southerly and perhaps stay west of Dodge City. Temperatures this afternoon will reach into upper 80s to mid 90s from northeast to southwest. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday) Issued at 302 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2020 The lower levels are expected to dry out somewhat by Monday and Tuesday as the mid to upper level flow becomes more northerly. This highly amplified pattern with lack of well defined surface front/moisture convergence will reduce the chances for thunderstorm activity on through the week and weekend, although some weak nocturnal t-storm activity can't be completely ruled out. In the absence of a strong lee trough and lack of downslope mid level flow mixing to the surface, high temperatures will stay near or slightly below climatological averages through Friday, and perhaps near to slightly above average for the weekend. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Monday morning) Issued at 554 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2020 Low level warm advection and the beginning of daytime mixing may result in the development of MVFR CIGS at GCK/DDC/LBL by 14z. Daytime heating will erode this cloud deck by 16z. There is a chance of t-storms at the GCK/DDC and LBL with gusty winds and hail after 02z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 90 63 88 63 / 20 30 0 0 GCK 90 61 87 62 / 10 40 0 0 EHA 94 62 90 63 / 30 40 0 0 LBL 92 63 90 63 / 20 40 0 0 HYS 88 64 88 63 / 20 20 0 0 P28 89 65 89 64 / 30 10 10 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Finch LONG TERM...Finch AVIATION...Finch
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 4:34 AM CDT, 7 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 434 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2020 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-170945- 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- 434 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2020 /334 AM MDT Sun Aug 16 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 ---------------- There is a chance of thunderstorms late this afternoon into early tonight, especially across far western Kansas. These storms could be severe with hail to half dollar size and winds to 60 mph. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Hail: Limited risk * Thunderstorm wind damage: Limited risk * Lightning: Elevated risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .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
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 5:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 6:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 7:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Pawnee, Pratt | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 9:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 30 min |
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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.