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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 22, 2014Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2014, 3:59 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 22, 2014, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 916 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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 Aug 22, 3:54 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 3:54 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 3:08 AM CDT, 12 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-230815-
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-
308 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014 /208 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE STARTING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE KANSAS COLORADO BORDER THEN SPREAD EASTWARD
AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE BUT MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 55 MPH.

A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT PERIOD.
A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL OVER A QUARTER
OF AN INCH AND WINDS OVER 60 MPH BEING THE MAIN CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING.
THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF ANY OF THESE STORMS
WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT PERIOD.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:59 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
359 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

KSZ064-077-078-222145-
FORD-GRAY-HODGEMAN-
359 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN GRAY...NORTHWESTERN FORD
AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE HAGGARD ELEV...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3796 10045 3797 10014 3756 10020 3759 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 187DEG 24KT 3765 10030

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott51 min
Aug 22, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton42 min
Aug 22, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards51 min
Aug 22, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman38 min
Aug 22, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott50 min
Aug 22, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush52 min
Aug 22, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis52 min
Aug 22, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego45 min
Aug 22, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego56 min
Aug 22, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush28 min

Nearby

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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.