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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2011, 2:18 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 31, 2011, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2011, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1005 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 31, 3:32 AM CDT, 10 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 3:32 AM CDT, 10 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 4:51 AM CDT, 9 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 451 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2011 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-011000- 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- 451 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2011 /351 AM MDT SUN JUL 31 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY ALONG AND EAST OF A HAYS TO COLDWATER LINE. IN THIS AREA HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AROUND 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM. PLEASE SEE THE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP NORTHEAST OF A SCOTT CITY TO JETMORE TO A COLDWATER LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. ANY STORM WHICH MAY DEVELOP WILL BE SHORT LIVED BUT COULD PRODUCE STRONG OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ON MONDAY UNTIL 8 PM FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A HAYS TO COLDWATER LINE. HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AROUND 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. THE HOT SUMMER WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THROUGH MID WEEK. ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH 110 DEGREES FROM ASHLAND TO LARNED AND SOUTHEAST TO MEDICINE LODGE AND COLDWATER. EVEN WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, THIS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 OR HIGHER. VERY HIGH TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR 15 PERCENT AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. AREAS MORE FAVORABLE FOR THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH BE SOUTHWEST OF A GARDEN CITY TO DODGE CITY LINE. A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 18
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 2:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
218 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2011
KSZ030-311945-
TREGO-
218 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY...
AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF OGALLAH...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 3901 9960 3901 9961 3901 10015 3913 10015
3914 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 187DEG 6KT 3911 9972
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 4:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Trego | 53 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.