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Blowing Dust Advisory 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this blowing dust advisory at Apr 13, 2023, 4:56 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2023, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 2135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blowing dust advisory 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 blowing dust advisory went out at Apr 13, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 4:11 AM CDT, 12 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 411 AM CDT Thu Apr 13 2023 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-140915- 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- 411 AM CDT Thu Apr 13 2023 /311 AM MDT Thu Apr 13 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas, south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Thunderstorms capable of producing wind gusts in excess of 60 mph are possible in the 4 pm to 8 pm CDT timeframe, anywhere from the Colorado line to near highway 83. A red flag warning is in effect. Please see the fire weather message for details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 4:22 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
322 PM MDT Thu Apr 13 2023
KSZ061-132145-
Hamilton KS-
322 PM MDT Thu Apr 13 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Hamilton
County through 345 PM MDT...
At 322 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 14 miles south of Weskan to 6 miles north of
Holly to 17 miles north of Two Buttes. Movement was northeast at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
These storms will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern
Hamilton County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10181 3792 10199 3789 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 227DEG 30KT 3865 10194 3815 10210 3779 10228
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
SPRINGERSpecial weather statement, Apr 13, 4:44 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
344 PM MDT Thu Apr 13 2023
KSZ061-132215-
Hamilton KS-
344 PM MDT Thu Apr 13 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Hamilton
County through 415 PM MDT...
At 344 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Horace to 10 miles northeast of Coolidge
to 14 miles south of Holly. Movement was northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Coolidge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10173 3791 10193 3785 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 233DEG 35KT 3849 10181 3817 10191 3785 10212
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
SPRINGERSpecial weather statement, Apr 13, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
455 PM CDT Thu Apr 13 2023
KSZ061-074-084-132300-
Stanton KS-Hamilton KS-Morton KS-
455 PM CDT Thu Apr 13 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Hamilton, Morton and
Stanton Counties through 600 PM CDT/500 PM MDT/...
At 455 PM CDT/355 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 15 miles south of Horace to
6 miles south of Elkhart. Movement was northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Wilburton and Rolla.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10204 3826 10158 3700 10155 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 221DEG 21KT 3826 10185 3692 10187
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 12:06 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 65 min |
| Apr 13, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 66 min |
| Apr 13, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 6 more | 46 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.