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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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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</html>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 01
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 28 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.