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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2024, 9:49 PM CDT for Seward County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2024, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2024, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 55
Counties Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 10:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | 11 Sse Satanta, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 1564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
608
WWUS83 KDDC 020249
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
949 PM CDT Thu Aug 1 2024
KSZ075-076-085>087-020330-
Seward KS-Meade KS-Stevens KS-Grant KS-Haskell KS-
949 PM CDT Thu Aug 1 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SEWARD...SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...
SOUTHERN MEADE...SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS AND SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM CDT...
At 948 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
outflow winds near Liberal, moving northeast 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.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Liberal around 955 PM CDT.
Hayne around 1005 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 10152 3757 10106 3714 10014 3700 10040
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 235DEG 25KT 3703 10099
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Meade | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 12:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.