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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Mar 4, 2022, 10:30 PM CST for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Mar 4, 2022, 10:30 PM CST (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2022, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Finney County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
138
WWUS83 KDDC 050430
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1030 PM CST Fri Mar 4 2022
KSZ063-077-050500-
Gray KS-Finney KS-
1030 PM CST Fri Mar 4 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Finney and
northern Gray Counties through 1100 PM CST...
At 1030 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pierceville, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Charleston around 1035 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3790 10092 3827 10055 3826 10049 3809 10022
3780 10028 3773 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 220DEG 51KT 3788 10073
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 9:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Stevens | 57 min |
| Mar 4, 10:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 27 min |
| Mar 4, 10:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 23 min |
| Mar 4, 10:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 27 min |
| Mar 4, 10:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 34 min |
| Mar 4, 11:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 52 min |
| Mar 4, 11:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Lane, Ness | 45 min |
| Mar 5, 12:05 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Trego | 40 min |
| Mar 5, 12:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 40 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.