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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 3, 2012Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2012, 12:54 AM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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
Jun 3, 2012, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-521 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 3, 12:25 AM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:25 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 7:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
725 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-040030-
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-
725 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 /625 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK15 IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MARCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS
THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS ARE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT. SEE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS SUNDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY. IT IS TO EARLY TO TELL IF ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE
SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

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

SUGDEN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
739 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012

KSZ061-062-030145-
HAMILTON-KEARNY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD
739 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 /639 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012/

50 MPH OUTFLOW WINDS FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS KICKING
UP DUST AND CREATING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE REGION.
MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE
DUST PLUME...SLOW DOWN...AND USER FLASHERS TO ALERT OTHER DRIVERS.

SUGDEN
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
741 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012

KSZ061-062-030145-
HAMILTON-KEARNY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD
739 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 /639 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012/

50 MPH OUTFLOW WINDS FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS KICKING
UP DUST AND CREATING VERY LOW VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE REGION.
MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE
DUST PLUME...SLOW DOWN...AND USE FLASHERS TO ALERT OTHER DRIVERS.

SUGDEN
Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:54 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
Jun 2, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton51 min
Jun 2, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens51 min
Jun 2, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens61 min
Jun 2, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche38 min
Jun 3, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber50 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.