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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 20, 2024Ness County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2024, 1:07 AM CDT for Ness County, Trego 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
Jul 20, 2024, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2024, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 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 98 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 2024-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1067 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 2024-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
10.0

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The text

As transmitted.

744 
WWUS83 KDDC 200607
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
107 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024
 
KSZ030-031-045-046-200645-
Rush KS-Trego KS-Ellis KS-Ness KS-
107 AM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NESS...EASTERN TREGO...
NORTHWESTERN RUSH AND WESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES THROUGH 145 AM CDT...

At 107 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles north of Wakeeney to 7 miles southwest
of Cedar Bluff to near Beeler. Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Ransom, Ogallah, and Cedar Bluff around 110 AM CDT.
  Brownell around 115 AM CDT.
  Ness City around 120 AM CDT.
  Riga around 125 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Ellis.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3860 9939 3826 9984 3826 9985 3845 10023
      3875 9991 3913 9992 3913 9944
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 282DEG 26KT 3912 9985 3872 9984 3841 10022 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness22 min
Jul 19, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton36 min
Jul 19, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCScott49 min
Jul 20, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane39 min
Jul 20, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego45 min
Jul 20, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness44 min
Jul 20, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman47 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.