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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 18, 2012Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2012, 9:31 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
Mar 18, 2012, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2012, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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 29 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 2012-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1747 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 2012-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 289 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
1747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
13.6

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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 Mar 18, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 11:48 AM CDT, 9 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1148 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-191130-
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-
1148 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 /1048 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 5 PM, WITH THE
BEST CHANCE ALONG AND NEAR A CORRIDOR FROM LIBERAL TO GARDEN CITY
TO SCOTT CITY THROUGH 10 PM. HAIL AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS IS EXPECTED
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. IN ADDITION, GIVEN THE STRONG VERTICAL
WIND SHEAR, A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

AFTER MIDNIGHT, ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE STORMS COULD BE MARGINALLY
SEVERE WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60
MPH. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM WAKEENEY TO CIMARRON TO DODGE CITY.

STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH
EARLY TONIGHT. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE (NPWDDC) FOR DETAILS.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
FAR WESTERN KANSAS. SEE THE LATEST FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE (RFWDDC) FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH HAIL
AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ON MONDAY ALONG AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM LIBERAL TO GARDEN CITY TO DIGHTON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 5 PM...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NEAR A
CORRIDOR FROM LIBERAL TO GARDEN CITY TO SCOTT CITY.

&&

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

FINCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 6:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
616 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

KSZ043-044-063-077-190000-
FINNEY-GRAY-LANE-SCOTT-
616 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL FINNEY...NORTHWESTERN
GRAY...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARDEN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3850 10077 3839 10039 3781 10076 3787 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 204DEG 39KT 3795 10082

WAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane47 min
Mar 18, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell, Meade, Seward27 min
Mar 18, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray50 min
Mar 18, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade, Seward37 min
Mar 19, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche63 min
Mar 19, 4:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.