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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 15, 2015Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2015, 11:23 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 15, 2015, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2015, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 2122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.0

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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 Jul 15, 9:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 9:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 5:10 AM CDT, 18 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
510 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-161015-
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-
510 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS,
MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. STORMS WILL LIKELY GROW UPSCALE INTO A
LARGER CLUSTER OF STORMS LATE IN THE EVENING AS THEY MOVE
NORTHEAST WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SLOWLY DIMINISHING
THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MID
EVENING HOURS, THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS IN THE 60 TO 70 MPH RANGE AND AN ISOLATED LARGE HAIL
REPORT TO HALF-DOLLAR SIZE.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED TORNADO RISK.
  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY, HOWEVER THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK IS LOW. THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES WILL LIKELY RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO WESTERN KANSAS.

HAZARDS WEATHER RISK...

  THURSDAY...
  LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  FRIDAY...
  LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  SATURDAY...
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  SUNDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  MONDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  TUESDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR
FAR WESTERN KANSAS, MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 283.

&&

FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
735 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

KSZ064-077-078-160115-
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-GRAY KS-
735 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN...
NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 735 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3
MILES NORTH OF THE HAGGARD ELEV...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DODGE CITY...CIMARRON...FORD...ENSIGN...WRIGHT...HOWELL...FT. DODGE
AND THE HAGGARD ELEV.

LAT...LON 3756 10032 3776 10044 3807 9992 3763 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 239DEG 22KT 3768 10031

HOVORKA

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 8:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
835 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

KSZ063-064-076>078-087-160215-
HODGEMAN KS-FORD KS-HASKELL KS-MEADE KS-GRAY KS-FINNEY KS-
835 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MEADE...EASTERN
HASKELL...SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN FORD...SOUTHEASTERN
FINNEY AND GRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 835 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF PLYMELL TO
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COPELAND TO 2 MILES EAST OF TICE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...PIERCEVILLE...COPELAND...INGALLS...ENSIGN...
CHARLESTON...HOWELL...THE HAGGARD ELEV...PLYMELL...KALVESTA AND TICE.

LAT...LON 3763 10079 3779 10100 3812 10028 3794 10013
      3768 10011 3740 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 240DEG 36KT 3781 10096 3766 10073 3750 10068

HOVORKA

Local storm report, Jul 15, 8:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
841 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

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

0837 PM     TSTM WND GST     9 NNW TICE              37.64N 100.76W
07/15/2015  E60 MPH          HASKELL            KS   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

&&

MR

Local storm report, Jul 15, 8:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
854 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2015

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

0845 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 S PIERCEVILLE        37.74N 100.67W
07/15/2015  E60 MPH          FINNEY             KS   PUBLIC

&&

DW

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 10:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 11:23 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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
Jul 15, 7:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Stanton	3 hr
Jul 15, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	40 min
Jul 15, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	40 min
Jul 15, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman	53 min
Jul 15, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	32 min
Jul 15, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	29 min
Jul 15, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	42 min
Jul 16, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	40 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.