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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2009, 12:04 AM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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 8, 2009, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 7, 3:00 PM CDT, 9 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:00 PM CDT, 9 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:57 AM CDT, 19 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 457 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2009 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081000- 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- 457 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2009 /357 AM MDT TUE JUL 7 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE KANSAS/COLORADO BORDER AND OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS...MAINLY WEST OF A WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND LINE. WHILE THE PROBABILITY FOR STORMS IS FAIRLY LOW...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WOULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC GERARD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:04 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1204 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 KSZ077-078-080600- FORD-GRAY- 1204 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTIES... AT 1201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CIMARRON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3747 9985 3748 10025 3777 10050 3792 10030 TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 310DEG 21KT 3778 10035 KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 7:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.