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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2024, 10:10 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 65 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 12, 2024, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2024, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Grant County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
271
WWUS83 KDDC 130310
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1010 PM CDT Mon Aug 12 2024
KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-130415-
Stanton KS-Kearny KS-Stevens KS-Hamilton KS-Grant KS-Morton KS-
1010 PM CDT Mon Aug 12 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN HAMILTON...MORTON...
KEARNY...GRANT...STEVENS AND STANTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM
CDT/1015 PM MDT/...
At 1009 PM CDT/909 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 11 miles northwest of
Johnson City to near Elkhart. Movement was east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Johnson City, Richfield, and Wilburton around 1015 PM CDT.
Rolla around 1025 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Big Bow,
Feterita, Ulysses, Hugoton, Lakin, Hickok and Moscow.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3787 10204 3817 10114 3710 10114 3699 10157
3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 248DEG 33KT 3770 10187 3695 10185
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
RUSSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman, Lane | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 23 min |
| Aug 13, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 17 min |
| Aug 13, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 7:25 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego | 3 hr |
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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.