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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 29, 2013Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Mar 29, 2013, 11:55 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 29, 2013, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2013, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.2

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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 29, 11:00 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 11:00 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 10:20 AM CDT, 13 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1020 AM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-301230-
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-
1020 AM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 /920 AM MDT FRI MAR 29 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
THIS ACTIVITY WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER BY
EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE QUICKLY INTO CENTRAL KANSAS BY
MID TO LATE EVENING. CONDITIONS DO NOT FAVOR DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS EVENT. HOWEVER...HAIL UP TO
DIME SIZE...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH AND DEADLY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

RAIN AND SNOW IS FORECAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED
AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE SHOULD THIS OCCUR THIS EVENING.

&&

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

AWJ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 7:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
749 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

KSZ030-300130-
TREGO-
749 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY...

AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VODA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3913 9962 3891 9961 3894 10014 3913 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 273DEG 12KT 3902 9997

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Local storm report, Mar 29, 8:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
814 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 PM     HAIL             13 N JOHNSON CITY       37.76N 101.77W
03/29/2013  E1.00 INCH       HAMILTON           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, Mar 29, 8:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
850 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     HAIL             3 N JOHNSON CITY        37.61N 101.75W
03/29/2013  M1.00 INCH       STANTON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, Mar 29, 9:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
906 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0905 PM     HAIL             JOHNSON CITY            37.57N 101.75W
03/29/2013  E1.00 INCH       STANTON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, Mar 29, 9:55 PM CDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
955 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 PM     HAIL             4 WNW SYRACUSE          38.00N 101.83W
03/29/2013  M0.88 INCH       HAMILTON           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0720 PM     HAIL             7 WSW SYRACUSE          37.94N 101.87W
03/29/2013  E0.75 INCH       HAMILTON           KS   PUBLIC

0810 PM     HAIL             13 N JOHNSON CITY       37.76N 101.77W
03/29/2013  E1.00 INCH       HAMILTON           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0845 PM     HAIL             3 N JOHNSON CITY        37.61N 101.75W
03/29/2013  M1.00 INCH       STANTON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0905 PM     HAIL             JOHNSON CITY            37.57N 101.75W
03/29/2013  E1.00 INCH       STANTON            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BURKE

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1155 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

KSZ030-031-045-300545-
ELLIS-NESS-TREGO-
1155 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS...SOUTHWESTERN
ELLIS AND TREGO COUNTIES...

AT 1151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TREGO CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3890 9920 3870 9959 3853 9973 3886 10012
      3910 9987
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 309DEG 29KT 3889 9983

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	49 min
Mar 29, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	41 min
Mar 29, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	43 min
Mar 29, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stanton	47 min
Mar 29, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton, Stevens	47 min
Mar 29, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	67 min
Mar 30, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	49 min
Mar 30, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	38 min
Mar 30, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego	42 min
Mar 30, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Rush	48 min
Mar 30, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness, Pawnee	44 min
Mar 30, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	38 min
Mar 30, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	40 min
Mar 30, 4:45 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more	5 hr

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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.