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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 7, 2009Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2009, 9:27 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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: Sep 7, 2009, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2009, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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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 Sep 7, 3:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
341 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2009

.DISCUSSION...

DAYS 1-2...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN
CENTRAL KS TODAY. OTHER ISOLATED STORMS WERE DEVELOPING HERE AND
THERE ON NO APPARENT BOUNDARIES. THE ISOLATED STORMS IN THE WARM SECTOR
SHOULD WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING BUT CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT
SHOULD LINGER INTO THE NIGHT.

AFTER SOME LINGERING MORNING SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROBABLY
DEVELOP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON IN WESTERN KS ALONG THE LEE TROUGH. THIS
ACTIVITY COULD ALSO LINGER INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WITH PLENTY OF SUN
MUCH OF THE DAY, TEMPERATURES OUGHT TO WARM TO NEAR 90 IN MOST PLACES,
WITH SOME 80S IN THE EAST.

A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL
HELP PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO KANSAS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH OUR COUNTY
WARNING AREA. WITH CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE PRECIP, TEMPERATURES MAY BE
A LITTLE COOLER WEDNESDAY.

DAYS 3-7...

COLD FRONT STILL PROGGED TO CROSS WRN KS FRIDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER
LVL LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE NRN PLAINS. 00Z MODELS WERE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH THIS UPPER LOW DEVELOPING AND THEY KEEPS THIS LOW
ALMOST STATIONARY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. OVER WRN KS LOW LVL
MOISTURE APPEARS TO BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED SAT AS MULTIPLE UPPER LVL
S/W TROFS ROTATE AROUND THIS UPPER LOW...HOWEVER MID LVL MOISTURE IS
PROGGED TO ACCOMPANY A FEW OF THESE WAVES ALONG WITH SOME MID LVL
INSTAB. AS A RESULT CAN NOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT SOME LIGHT PCPN
SOMETIME OVER THE WEEKEND PERIOD BUT AT THIS TIME WILL FOCUS POPS
LATE IN THE PERIOD SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY AS A SOME 85H MOISTURE
APPEARS TO BEGIN TO RETURN AHEAD OF ONE OF THESE UPPER LVL
DISTURANCE.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND PERIOD...THE 00Z GFS WAS COOLER
THAN THE ECMWF BOTH SAT AND SUNDAY IN THE SFC-85H LVL WHILE ALOFT
BOTH AGREE WITH SOME DOWNSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPING OVER OUR WRN CWA.
CURRENT GRIDS SEEM TO BE A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THESE TWO SOLUTIONS
AND GIVEN THE CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY ON HOW MUCH WARMING WILL OCCUR
FROM THE DEVELOPING DOWNSLOPE FLOW HAVE OPTED TO STAY CLOSE TO
CURRENT FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND PERIOD.

&&

AVIATION...

FOR THE 18Z TAFS...12Z NAM HAS A 5H S/W TROF SLOWLY MOVING EAST
ACROSS WRN KS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. WITH SOME MID
LVL MOISTURE AND LATE DAY INSTAB PRESENT THERE APPEARS TO BE A SLT
CHC FOR SOME SHRA/TSRA LATE TODAY OR EARLY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN
OUR NE CWA. AT THIS TIME HOWEVER ANY PCPN THAT DOES DEVELOPS WILL
LOOKS TO BE WIDELY SCATTERED SO DID NOT INCLUDE MENTION OF PCPN IN
THE TAFS. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE
TO AROUND 10KTS AFTER SUNSET AS THE BACK MORE TO THE SE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  65  90  63  85 /  20  20  20  30
GCK  65  90  60  84 /  20  30  30  30
EHA  65  90  62  86 /  10  20  30  30
LBL  65  90  63  86 /  20  20  30  30
HYS  64  88  64  83 /  40  20  30  30
P28  66  88  66  88 /  40  20  30  30

&&

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

FN24/18

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
642 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2009

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-082345-
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-
642 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2009 /542 PM MDT MON SEP 7 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STORMS SHOULD MAINLY BE LOCATED ALONG AND TO
THE NORTHEAST OF A DIGHTON TO DODGE CITY AND MEDICINE LODGE LINE.
A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE
MAIN THREAT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR FROM THE STORMS. THE
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AS THE
STORMS WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY
BRINGING WITH IT AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR MORE ORGANIZED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A FEW CALLS TO SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED EARLY THIS EVENING.

&&

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

GERARD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 7, 6:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
616 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2009

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

0600 PM     HAIL             8 E PRATT               37.65N 98.59W
09/07/2009  E0.88 INCH       PRATT              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Sep 7, 6:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
628 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2009

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

0624 PM     HAIL             5 N MINNEOLA            37.52N 100.03W
09/07/2009  E1.00 INCH       FORD               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MOST OF THE HAIL STONES ARE THE SIZE OF DIMES.

&&

MSCOTT

Local storm report, Sep 7, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
729 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2009

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

0709 PM     TSTM WND GST     17 SSW DODGE CITY       37.53N 100.13W
09/07/2009  E60.00 MPH       FORD               KS   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED.

0709 PM     HAIL             17 SSW DODGE CITY       37.53N 100.13W
09/07/2009  E0.88 INCH       FORD               KS   PUBLIC

            THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Sep 7, 9:06 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
906 PM CDT MON SEP 07 2009

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

0818 PM     HAIL             2 W MINNEOLA            37.44N 100.05W
09/07/2009  E0.88 INCH       CLARK              KS   PUBLIC

&&

GERARD

Special weather statement, Sep 7, 9:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
927 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2009

KSZ043-044-080330-
LANE-SCOTT-
927 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCOTT AND WESTERN LANE
COUNTIES...

AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THE FIRST WAS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MANNING...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...A SECOND STRONG STORM WILL MOVE
INTO FAR NORTHWEST SCOTT COUNTY AROUND 945 PM CDT.

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

RESIDENTS IN SCOTT AND WESTERN LANE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES
OF MANNING...HEALY AND DIGHTON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3834 10045 3833 10112 3869 10113 3870 10112
      3870 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 279DEG 15KT 3860 10081

WRIGHT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	44 min
Sep 7, 7:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ford	3 hr
Sep 7, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	63 min
Sep 7, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Scott	56 min
Sep 7, 9:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	3 hr
Sep 8, 12:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	6 hr
Sep 8, 2:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	15 hr
Sep 8, 10:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane	8 hr
Sep 8, 1:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	10 hr

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.