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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 17, 20234 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2023, 2:08 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 17, 2023, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 55

Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

Skew-T log-p

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: 867 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -1.8

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The text

As transmitted.

373 
WWUS83 KDDC 170708
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
208 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023
 
KSZ075>077-084>087-170800-
Gray KS-Seward KS-Meade KS-Stevens KS-Grant KS-Haskell KS-Morton KS-
208 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Seward, southeastern
Morton, Grant, northwestern Meade, Stevens, southwestern Gray and
Haskell Counties through 300 AM CDT...

At 208 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Ryus to 10 miles south of Feterita.
Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Ryus around 215 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Satanta, Sublette
and Tice.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10169 3739 10155 3739 10153 3746 10153
      3764 10146 3758 10055 3700 10070
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 284DEG 27KT 3749 10116 3700 10145 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

SPRINGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	34 min
Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	44 min
Jun 16, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	46 min
Jun 16, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Morton, Stanton	51 min
Jun 16, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	31 min
Jun 16, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	38 min
Jun 16, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	34 min
Jun 16, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	54 min
Jun 17, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Trego	54 min
Jun 17, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	66 min
Jun 17, 1:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	52 min
Jun 17, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	27 min
Jun 17, 2:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade, Seward	52 min
Jun 17, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	31 min
Jun 17, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Seward	41 min
Jun 17, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Morton, Stanton	30 min
Jun 17, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Morton, Stanton	66 min
Jun 17, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Haskell, Meade, Seward	40 min
Jun 17, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	63 min
Jun 17, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Seward	45 min
Jun 17, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	52 min
Jun 17, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade	46 min
Jun 17, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens	64 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.