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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 2, 2008Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2008, 3:18 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 2, 2008, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 618 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2008-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-311 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Jul 2, 3:01 AM CDT, 12 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:01 AM CDT, 12 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
301 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT AND HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY.

A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE FROM THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND
INTO THE GREAT LAKES WITH ANOTHER REINFORCING SHORTWAVE BEHIND THAT.
THIS WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS BY EVENING THEN
THROUGH MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY 12Z THURSDAY. COLDER AIR WILL
CONTINUE WITH UPSLOPE MOISTURE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. WEAK MID TO
UPPER FLOW WILL LOWER ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH STRONG WINDS
AND SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN
THREATS.

FOR TODAY EXPECT CURRENT CONVECTIVE DEBRIS TO DECREASE WITH SKIES
BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY BY MORNING. SOUTH WINDS WITH VERY
WARM 850MB TEMPS WILL MAKE FOR ANOTHER VERY WARM DAY WITH NEAR 100
FROM LIBERAL TO DODGE CITY. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO BE NEAR
HAYS TO LACROSSE TO SCOTT CITY BY 7 PM AND WILL LEAVE CURRENT POP
FORECAST FOR THE NORTH AS IS. THEN LOOK FOR THE THE FRONT TO SLOWLY
DROP SOUTHWARD WITH CONVECTION HELPING IT. MODELS KEEP MUCH OF THE
QPF EAST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT SO KEPT POPS IN THE 40 TO 60 PERCENT
RANGE. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70 SOUTHEAST LOOK
REASONABLE AS DEWPOINTS CLIMB IN BACK OF COLD FRONT. SOME STRATUS
MAY ALSO FORM IN THE NORTH. FOR THURSDAY HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE
TRICKY WITH HOW MUCH CLOUD LINGERS. FOR NOW CURRENT FORECAST WITH
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL UPSLOPE EAST WINDS LOOK GOOD WITH HIGHS ONLY
IN THE LOW TO MID 80S AND EVEN COOLER NORTH AROUND 80. THE WRF KEEPS
THE COLD FRONT FROM GOING THROUGH OUR SOUTHWEST AND PREFER THE GFS
WITH THE FRONT DOWN SOUTH OF OUR BORDER. AN MCS IS POSSIBLE AS GOOD
MOISTURE CONTINUES UPSLOPE INTO EASTERN COLORADO INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT. NEXT FORECAST SHIFT MAY NEED TO MONITOR FOR THIS AND POSSIBLY
RAISE POPS.

DAYS 3-7...

SEE LITTLE REASON TO MAKE ANY BIG CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST.
MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT
FOR FRIDAY, WITH THE SFC BOUNDARY NEAR OUR SOUTHERN BORDER IN THE
MORNING.  THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BEGIN MOVING OUT INTO THE WESTERN
PLAINS BEFORE STARTING TO BREAK DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND.  DRY
CONDITIONS AND FAIRLY WARM TEMP CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD.
THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH BRING A DECENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH INTO THE
NORTH CENTRAL CONUS LATE SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY.  THERE CONTINUE TO
BE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN TIMING OF THIS FEATURE AND WHEN
EXACTLY THE FRONT COMES DOWN.  FOR NOW, 20 POPS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY CONTINUES TO SEEM REASONABLE, SO WILL LEAVE ALONE AND
MAKE REFINEMENTS LATER ON AS TIMING BECOMES MORE CLEAR.  MADE ONLY A
FEW MINOR TWEAKS TO TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS TO FIT IN WITH THE
NEIGHBORS, BUT NO MAJOR CHANGES.

.AVIATION...

WITH SCATTERED MID TO HIGH CLOUDS, VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  99  67  83  64 /   0  30  30  30
GCK  97  64  83  63 /  10  40  30  30
EHA  96  64  86  63 /  20  20  30  30
LBL  99  65  86  64 /  10  30  30  30
HYS  95  64  79  62 /  50  60  30  20
P28  98  71  86  66 /   0  30  40  40

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

FN06/26
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 5:03 AM CDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
503 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-031000-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
503 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008 /211 AM MDT WED JUL 2 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS FROM THE NORTH FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THURSDAY
MORNING BRINGING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
HAVE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MPH. WITH WEAK
WINDS ALOFT THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE SLOWLY AND PRODUCE LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS
GOOD MOISTURE CONTINUES NORTH OF A COLD FRONT. OTHER SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL
IF ANY OF THESE WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING TO WATCH FOR HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND REPORT ANY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
159 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

KSZ079>081-021945-
EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
159 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EDWARDS...KIOWA AND PRATT
COUNTIES...

AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PRATT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

RESIDENTS IN KIOWA...PRATT AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF PRATT...IUKA AND CAIRO...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3743 9953 3795 9954 3780 9901 3779 9844
      3753 9844 3752 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 270DEG 24KT 3766 9874

BURKE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
212 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2008

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

0203 PM     HAIL             4 NW PRATT              37.69N 98.79W
07/02/2008  E0.75 INCH       PRATT              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            50 MPH WINDS WERE ALSO REPORTED.

&&

BURKE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 2:53 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
253 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2008

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

0249 PM     HAIL             NW MEDICINE LODGE       37.29N 98.58W
07/02/2008  E0.75 INCH       BARBER             KS   PUBLIC

&&

BURKE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 2:55 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
255 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2008

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

0249 PM     HAIL             15 NW MEDICINE LODGE    37.44N 98.77W
07/02/2008  E0.75 INCH       BARBER             KS   PUBLIC

&&

BURKE
Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:03 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
303 PM CDT WED JUL 02 2008

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

0257 PM     HAIL             15 NW MEDICINE LODGE    37.44N 98.77W
07/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       BARBER             KS   PUBLIC

0257 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 NW MEDICINE LODGE    37.44N 98.77W
07/02/2008                   BARBER             KS   PUBLIC

            A PIECE OF CORRUGATED TIN WAS BLOWN OFF AN OLD FARM
            BUILDING.

&&

BURKE
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
318 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

KSZ080-089-022115-
COMANCHE-KIOWA-
318 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COMANCHE AND KIOWA COUNTIES...

AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELVIDERE...MOVING SOUTH AT 12 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.  THIS STORM WAS STILL STRENGTHENING AND MAY PRODUCE HAIL
LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF NICKELS AS IT CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE CITY OF BELVIDERE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3717 9901 3725 9950 3755 9921 3750 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 009DEG 10KT 3743 9906

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny41 min
Jul 2, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa, Pratt46 min
Jul 2, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt52 min
Jul 2, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt45 min
Jul 2, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa47 min
Jul 2, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche43 min
Jul 2, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade21 min
Jul 2, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward48 min
Jul 2, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark40 min
Jul 2, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward23 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.