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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 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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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 2, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 50 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.