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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 8, 2011Haskell County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 8, 2011, 4:42 AM CDT for Haskell County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
Oct 8, 2011, 4:42 AM CDT (09:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2011, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 442 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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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 Oct 8, 4:04 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 4:04 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 8:31 AM CDT, 20 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
831 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-080930-
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-
831 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /731 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS THIS EVENING MAY
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. DAMAGAING WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE WILL BE THE THE MAIN
THREATS. IF STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME PLACE FLOODING MAY BECOME
A CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN
PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ONCE AGAIN IF
STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME PLACE FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN. THERE
WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS ON TUESDAY GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 283.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. PLEASE REPORT ANY
WEATHER RELATED REPORTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

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

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1150 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

KSZ061-074-084-080545-
HAMILTON-MORTON-STANTON-
1150 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORTON...SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON
AND STANTON COUNTIES...

AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF
BARTLETT TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKHART TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF
ELKHART...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE
SAUNDERS ELEVATOR TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKHART TO 14 MILES SOUTH
OF ELKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

RESIDENTS IN MORTON...SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND STANTON COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELKHART...THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...
RICHFIELD...WILBURTON...MANTER AND JOHNSON CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3805 10204 3765 10157 3729 10157 3699 10179
      3699 10199 3711 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 213DEG 50KT 3735 10213 3711 10193
          3687 10193

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Local storm report, Oct 8, 12:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 8, 12:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 8, 4:42 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton43 min
Oct 7, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny45 min
Oct 7, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton45 min
Oct 7, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott47 min
Oct 7, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton43 min
Oct 7, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny48 min
Oct 7, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott46 min
Oct 7, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton53 min
Oct 7, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott36 min
Oct 7, 10:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton15 min
Oct 7, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton39 min
Oct 7, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny32 min
Oct 7, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKearny, Scott37 min
Oct 7, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton55 min
Oct 8, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens45 min
Oct 8, 12:12 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott18 min
Oct 8, 5:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman48 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

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.