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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 15, 2015Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

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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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 2:01 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 Wsw Hays, KSMEASURED 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1023 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton41 min
Jul 14, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton41 min
Jul 14, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens52 min
Jul 14, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott32 min
Jul 14, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens27 min
Jul 14, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Seward and 1 more92 min
Jul 15, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney40 min
Jul 15, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush54 min
Jul 15, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush39 min
Jul 15, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton64 min
Jul 15, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens41 min
Jul 15, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton49 min
Jul 15, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton29 min
Jul 15, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton30 min
Jul 15, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton49 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.