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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 22 min |
| Jul 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 47 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.