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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 5, 2023Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2023, 1:39 AM CDT for Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 5, 2023, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2023, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 55

County Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 5, 1:08 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 1:08 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:58 AM CDT, 20 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
458 AM CDT Fri Aug 4 2023

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-051000-
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-
458 AM CDT Fri Aug 4 2023 /358 AM MDT Fri Aug 4 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

There is a chance of thunderstorms late tonight. These could be
severe along Interstate 70 with damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Thunderstorms are expected Saturday afternoon and evening. These
could be severe with very large hail and damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 11:39 PM CDT, 2 hours before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1139 PM CDT Fri Aug 4 2023

KSZ061-074-050515-
Stanton KS-Hamilton KS-
1139 PM CDT Fri Aug 4 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Hamilton
and northern Stanton Counties through 1215 AM CDT/1115 PM MDT/...

At 1138 PM CDT/1038 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 13 miles south of Coolidge, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southern Hamilton
and northern Stanton Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3797 10205 3802 10163 3762 10159 3767 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 266DEG 26KT 3785 10207

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

TURNER

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:39 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
139 AM CDT Sat Aug 5 2023

KSZ076-077-086-087-050730-
Gray KS-Seward KS-Meade KS-Haskell KS-
139 AM CDT Sat Aug 5 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Seward,
northwestern Meade, southwestern Gray and southern Haskell Counties
through 230 AM CDT...

At 138 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near Sublette, moving 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.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Tice around 150 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Copeland and
Missler.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 10105 3761 10095 3762 10038 3717 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 281DEG 27KT 3748 10082

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

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	36 min
Aug 5, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	41 min
Aug 5, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Comanche	51 min
Aug 5, 3:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche	57 min
Aug 5, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	34 min
Aug 5, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	48 min
Aug 5, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	35 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.