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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 8, 2024Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2024, 2:47 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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: Aug 8, 2024, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2024, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.9

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The text

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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 Aug 8, 2:00 AM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:00 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 2:15 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 10:47 PM CDT, 4 hours before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1047 PM CDT Wed Aug 7 2024

KSZ061-062-080415-
Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-
1047 PM CDT Wed Aug 7 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN
KEARNY COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM CDT/1015 PM MDT/...

At 1046 PM CDT/946 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 16 miles south of Tribune, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size 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 storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northern Hamilton
and northern Kearny Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10203 3826 10112 3797 10110 3799 10203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 259DEG 23KT 3824 10174

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JJOHNSON

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1115 PM CDT Wed Aug 7 2024

KSZ062-080445-
Kearny KS-
1115 PM CDT Wed Aug 7 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTY THROUGH
1145 PM CDT...

At 1115 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19
miles north of Kendall, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size 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 storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northern Kearny
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3811 10154 3826 10154 3826 10111 3797 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 265DEG 20KT 3821 10143

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

JJOHNSON

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 12:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:19 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:47 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 10:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	28 min
Aug 7, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	30 min
Aug 7, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	46 min
Aug 8, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Lane	56 min
Aug 8, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	26 min

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