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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 2, 2023Scott County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2023-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1882 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2023-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

TATRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush, Trego41 min
Aug 2, 2:34 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford30 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.