Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2015
Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2015, 1:07 AM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2015, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2015, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:01 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Wsw Hays, KS | MEASURED WIND GUST FROM MOBILE MESONET VIA THE PECAN FIELD PROJECT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1023 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
812 WWUS83 KDDC 150607 SPSDDC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 107 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 KSZ030-031-045-046-150715- ELLIS KS-TREGO KS-NESS KS-RUSH KS- 107 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN TREGO...NORTHERN RUSH... NORTHEASTERN NESS AND ELLIS COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT... AT 107 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM VERY NEAR ELLIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HAYS...ELLIS...WAKEENEY...VICTORIA...WALKER...CATHERINE...RANSOM... OTIS...SCHOENCHEN...MCCRACKEN...OGALLAH...LIEBENTHAL...BROWNELL... RIGA...YOCEMENTO...MUNJOR...CEDAR BLUFF...TOULON...ANTONINO AND LORETTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3852 9904 3861 9998 3913 9987 3913 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 253DEG 42KT 3894 9957 $$ FINCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Seward and 1 more | 92 min |
| Jul 15, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.