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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 10, 2023, 4:59 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
- Oct 10, 2023, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2023, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Oct 10, 4:35 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 4:35 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 420 AM CDT Tue Oct 10 2023 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-110930- 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- 420 AM CDT Tue Oct 10 2023 /320 AM MDT Tue Oct 10 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 Fire weather may be a concern today near the Oklahoma state line from Liberal to Ashland. Surface wind gusts will reach close to 30 mph, along with minimum humidity values from 15 to 20 percent. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Fire weather is a concern Wednesday afternoon across much of western Kansas to the west of a dry line. Strong northwest winds are expected late Thursday night and through the morning Friday. Wind gusts are forecast to reach 50 to 55 miles per hour along the I-70 corridor. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 10, 4:59 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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