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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 13, 2007Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2007, 6:44 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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: Jun 13, 2007, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2007, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 1026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 3:55 AM CDT, 14 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
355 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-084>088-140900-
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-
GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
355 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2007 /255 AM MDT WED JUN 13 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER
SOME MAY BE CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL, STRONG WINDS TO 4O OR 50 MPH,
AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY THEN ANOTHER CHANCE
ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT, HOWEVER RAINFALL
REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

KSZ030-031-045-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-140900-
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
COMANCHE-BARBER-
355 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED INTO THURSDAY EVENING. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING WITH 1 TO 3 OR MORE
INCHES POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 4O OR 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY THEN ANOTHER CHANCE
ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT, HOWEVER
RAINFALL REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

06

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
533 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     FLOOD            SCOTT CITY              38.48N 100.91W
06/13/2007                   SCOTT              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROADS IN TOWN ARE COVERED IN WATER. HIGHWAYS ARE ALSO
            FLOODED.

&&

JB

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:51 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
551 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0503 PM     HAIL             13 NW SUBLETTE          37.61N 101.01W
06/13/2007  E0.88 INCH       HASKELL            KS   PUBLIC

&&

01

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:54 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
554 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

KSZ044-045-132345-
LANE-NESS-
554 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LANE AND NESS COUNTIES...

AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR AMY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF RANSOM AND WAS
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF AMY...DIGHTON...SHIELDS AND PENDENNIS...SHOULD MONITOR
THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3834 10067 3851 9991 3869 9998 3870 10067

LACY

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:00 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
600 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     HEAVY RAIN       8 ENE SHALLOW WATER     38.40N 100.77W
06/13/2007  M2.00 INCH       SCOTT              KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            1.30 INCHES FELL IN 30 MINUTES.

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:31 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:44 PM 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
Jun 13, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	57 min
Jun 13, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stevens	65 min
Jun 13, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	47 min
Jun 13, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	57 min
Jun 13, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	49 min
Jun 13, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	41 min
Jun 13, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stevens	67 min
Jun 13, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Stevens	33 min
Jun 13, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark	28 min
Jun 13, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	60 min
Jun 13, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	38 min
Jun 13, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	32 min
Jun 13, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Clark	23 min
Jun 13, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Haskell	37 min
Jun 13, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	35 min
Jun 13, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	59 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	67 min
Jun 13, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	41 min
Jun 13, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	51 min
Jun 13, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	31 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.