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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 22, 2024Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2024, 1:07 AM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
May 22, 2024, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2024, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
50

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2024-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

558 
WWUS83 KDDC 220607
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
107 AM CDT Wed May 22 2024
 
KSZ043-220645-
Scott KS-
107 AM CDT Wed May 22 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY THROUGH
145 AM CDT...

At 106 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles south of Modoc, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Shallow Water around 120 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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 3826 10070 3826 10081 3827 10082 3827 10112
      3843 10113 3844 10112 3851 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 262DEG 19KT 3835 10108 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny42 min
May 22, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane35 min
May 22, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess37 min
May 22, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney42 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.