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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 2, 2009Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2009, 7:44 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 2, 2009, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 2948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 8.7

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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 Aug 2, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
300 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WILL BE THE MAIN
FORECAST CONCERN.

12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER
THE PLAINS WITH A WEAK SHORTWAVE OVER MT. AT THE SFC, A TROUGH HAS
CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY, BRINGING
SOUTHERLY WINDS BACK TO THE CWA ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPS. MOISTURE
HAS ALSO RETURNED TO THE WESTERN PLAINS, WITH DEWPOINTS BACK UP
INTO THE MID 60S ACROSS MOST OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. SHORT
FUSE COMPOSITE AND SPC MESOANALYSIS HAVE THE BEST CAPE VALUES IN
THE WESTERN CWA, AND CU HAS ALREADY STARTED TO FORM IN THAT AREA.
BUMPED UP POPS INTO THE LOW CHANCE CATEGORY IN OUR WESTERN TWO
TIERS OF COUNTIES. WITH GOOD INSTABILITY OF AROUND 2500 J/KG AS
WELL AS DECENT SHEAR, SOME LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY. TONIGHT, THE SHORTWAVE OVER MT MOVES
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. HOWEVER, IT
LOOKS LIKE THE PRIMARY DYNAMICS FROM THIS FEATURE WILL BE WELL TO
OUR NORTHEAST AND MODELS HAVE NEGATIVE UVV LATER TONIGHT. WILL
CONTINUE THE TREND OF QUICKLY TAPERING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AFTER 06Z.

THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AND
TUESDAY. THE SFC LOW AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PUSH SLIGHTLY
EASTWARD, WITH THE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY MOVING MORE INTO
THE HYS AREA. GOING FORECAST HAS LOW POPS IN THAT AREA LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND SEE LITTLE REASON TO CHANGE THIS. THINK
THAT WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS WILL KEEP CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FROM
BECOMING TOO WIDESPREAD. BY TUESDAY, MODELS START TO SHOW SOME
DIFFERENCES IN HOW THEY HANDLE THE NEXT FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE GFS
AND UKMET SLOW THE BOUNDARY DOWN EVEN FURTHER, WHILE THE NAM AND
HIGH-RES ECMWF STILL BRING IT DOWN INTO OUR NORTHERN CWA. SREF
ALSO BRINGS THE BOUNDARY INTO OUR FAR NORTH, SO WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP THAT PATTERN FOR NOW, BUT WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE FOR
FUTURE RUNS. WILL KEEP THE LOW POPS WE HAVE GOING FOR LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES, THE HEAT UP WILL CONTINUE AS WE GET SOME
DOWNSLOPE AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. AGREE THAT MODELS ARE OVERDONE
FOR HIGHS. THE NAM 2 M TEMPS TRY AND SET UP TEMPS AROUND 110
TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN OUR FAR SOUTHEAST, AND ALTHOUGH WE WILL BE
HOT, IT WONT BE QUITE THAT MUCH. WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP HIGHS ON
MONDAY AROUND OR A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE THE CENTURY MARK. HIGHS
ON TUESDAY WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON THE EXACT POSITION OF THE
FRONT. FOR NOW, WILL CONTINUE WITH AROUND 103 OR 104 IN OUR FAR
SOUTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT, WITH UPPER 90S IN THE NORTH BEHIND THE
BOUNDARY. CONTINUED WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE 60S FOR BOTH TONIGHT
AND MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS SHOULD KEEP US PRETTY WELL MIXED.

DAYS 3-7...

IN GENERAL ALL THE MODELS THIS MORNING WERE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT
KEEPING OUR UPPER LVL RIDGE AXIS ALONG OR JUST WEST OF THE ROCKIES
THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AS AN UPPER LOW REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY
OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST NEAR 130W. OVER THE COURSE OF THE WORK WEEK
MULTIPLE UPPER LVL WAVES WILL BE MOVE OUT FROM THE BASE OF THIS LOW
AND THEN ROTATE AROUND OUR UPPER RIDGE INTO THE PLAINS. BY THURSDAY
NIGHT HOWEVER MODELS START TO DIVERGE ON SOLUTIONS AND THIS SEEMS TO
BE MAINLY DUE TO HOW THEY HANDLE THE UPPER LOW AS IT FINALLY BEGINS
TO MOVE E/NE. AT THIS TIME DO NOT HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON WHICH MODEL
IS MORE CORRECT LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD BUT THE GFS AND ECMWF
SEEMS TO AGREE UPON WEAKENING OUR UPPER RIDGE AS IT SHIFTS EASTWARD
TOWARDS THE PLAINS.  AT THIS TIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE MAIN
CHALLENGE AND BASED ON 85H TEMP PROGGS IT APPEARS THE CURRENT
FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100
DEGREES EACH DAY. SOME DAYS A LITTLE WARMER THAN OTHER BASED ON WHERE
OUR FRONT WILL BE BUT CONFIDENCE IS THIS IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO MAKE
ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

AS FOR PCPN CHANCES...MODELS TODAY CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME VERY WARM
AIR IN THE MID LVLS MID TO LATE WEEK AS A SFC FRONT MEANDERS NORTH
AND SOUTH ACROSS KANSAS. THERE COULD EASILY BE A SLT CHC FOR STORMS
JUST ABOUT ANY DAY GIVEN A FRONT IN OR NEAR OUT CWA AND ANY WEAK
UPPER WAVE EMBEDDED IN THE NW FLOW MOVING ACROSS THE CNTL PLAINS.
AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SHIFT THAT THE N/NE CWA WILL HAVE THE BETTER
CHANCES MID TO LATE WEEK SO WILL RETAIN THE SMALL POPS CURRENTLY IN
THE GRIDS.
&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 18Z TAFS...BUFR SOUNDING SHOWING SOME MOISTURE OVER SW KS
BETWEEN
5-7KFT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. WITH SOME MID LVL INSTAB
EXPECTED LATE TODAY COULD EASILY SEE SOME LATE DAY CU AND POSSIBLY
EVEN A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO EARLY IN THE EVENING. THE PROB FOR A
TSRA NEAR AT ANY TAF SITE APPEARS TO BE LESS THAN 20 PERCENT SO
WILL NOT INCLUDE MENTION OF THUNDER IN THE TAFS THIS AFTERNOON.

GUSTY SW WINDS IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET AND BACK A BIT
MORE TO THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  67 101  68 102 /  10  10  10  20
GCK  66 101  66 101 /  20  10   0  20
EHA  66 101  67 101 /  30  10   0  20
LBL  67 102  67 102 /  30  10   0  20
HYS  66 101  68  98 /  10  20  20  20
P28  66 102  71 104 /  10  10  10  20

&&

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

FN26/18/18

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 5:18 AM CDT, 14 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
518 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

KSZ030-031-044>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-031030-
TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-
EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
518 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
AROUND OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES ALMOST EVERY DAY THROUGH THE END OF
THIS WEEK. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS WHICH MAY PROVIDE A LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT
ACROSS CENTRAL KS...ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

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

KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-031030-
SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-
518 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009 /418 AM MDT SUN AUG 2 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY SCOTT CITY TO ULYSSES TO ROLLA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE MODERATE INSTABILITY AND
ADEQUATE DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR PROVIDING STORM ORGANIZATION. THE
STRONGEST STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
AROUND OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES ALMOST EVERY DAY THROUGH THE END OF
THIS WEEK. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS WHICH MAY PROVIDE A LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT
ACROSS CENTRAL KS...ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ANYTIME AFTER 5 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

&&

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

UMSCHEID

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
539 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

KSZ063-076-077-022345-
FINNEY-GRAY-HASKELL-
539 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HASKELL...SOUTHERN
FINNEY AND WESTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PLYMELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

RESIDENTS IN NORTHEASTERN HASKELL...SOUTHERN FINNEY AND WESTERN GRAY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PLYMELL...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3796 10059 3759 10059 3769 10096 3787 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 270DEG 11KT 3778 10084

JOHNSON

Local storm report, Aug 2, 7:02 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
702 PM CDT SUN AUG 02 2009

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

0659 PM     HAIL             5 NNE SUBLETTE          37.55N 100.81W
08/02/2009  E1.00 INCH       HASKELL            KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

LEE

Local storm report, Aug 2, 7:05 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
705 PM CDT SUN AUG 02 2009

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

0630 PM     HAIL             8 S PLYMELL             37.69N 100.87W
08/02/2009  E1.00 INCH       HASKELL            KS   PUBLIC

0645 PM     HAIL             11 SSE PLYMELL          37.66N 100.80W
08/02/2009  E1.75 INCH       HASKELL            KS   PUBLIC

            THE HAIL WAS MOSTLY SMALLER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE AND
            LASTED FOR 10 MINUTES.

&&

LEE

Local storm report, Aug 2, 7:18 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
718 PM CDT SUN AUG 02 2009

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

0715 PM     HAIL             11 SSE PLYMELL          37.66N 100.80W
08/02/2009  E0.75 INCH       HASKELL            KS   PUBLIC

&&

LEE

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
744 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

KSZ045-046-030130-
NESS-RUSH-
744 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN
RUSH COUNTIES...

AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF NESS CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

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

RESIDENTS IN EASTERN NESS AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE CITY OF BAZINE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3843 9946 3832 9967 3827 10000 3856 10002
      3867 9984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 322DEG 10KT 3855 9985

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade	46 min
Aug 2, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	53 min
Aug 2, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward	48 min
Aug 2, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	39 min
Aug 2, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Haskell, Meade, Seward	37 min
Aug 2, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	48 min
Aug 2, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward	48 min
Aug 2, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman	47 min
Aug 2, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	30 min
Aug 2, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	20 min
Aug 2, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	51 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.