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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2023, 1:21 AM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 2, 2023, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2023, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Scott County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1882 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
223
WWUS83 KDDC 020621
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
121 AM CDT Wed Aug 2 2023
KSZ043-044-020645-
Lane KS-Scott KS-
121 AM CDT Wed Aug 2 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Scott and
northwestern Lane Counties through 145 AM CDT...
At 121 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Modoc, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Scott State Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10051 3850 10108 3857 10113 3864 10113
3870 10102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 248DEG 28KT 3859 10104
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
TATROThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush, Trego | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 2:34 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 30 hr |
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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.