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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2015, 6:49 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 18, 2015, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 Jul 18, 2:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 11:52 AM CDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1152 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-191700- 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- 1152 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 3 PM, MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ELKHART TO PLAINS TO DODGE CITY TO PRATT. THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR LATER TONIGHT BUT THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED TORNADO RISK. ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS SUNDAY AS A STALLED OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO LIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY AS AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS UNCERTAIN, THE CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXISTS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... SUNDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. WEDNESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. THURSDAY... ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ELKHART TO PLAINS TO DODGE CITY TO PRATT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO FINCH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
531 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015
KSZ081-090-182330-
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
531 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BARBER AND EASTERN PRATT
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 530 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAIRO TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SUN CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDICINE LODGE...SAWYER...ISABEL...COATS...LAKE CITY...SUN CITY AND
CAIRO.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3702 9894 3736 9900 3782 9847 3739 9846
3738 9835 3732 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 261DEG 16KT 3764 9856 3731 9902
UMSCHEIDSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 6:26 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015
KSZ066-081-182345-
PRATT KS-STAFFORD KS-
626 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD AND
NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 625 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM VERY
NEAR PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRESTON AND NEOLA.
LAT...LON 3765 9854 3780 9866 3794 9847 3783 9847
3782 9846 3768 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 237DEG 22KT 3777 9853
HOVORKASpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 6:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
649 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015
KSZ088-190030-
CLARK KS-
649 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN
MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 649 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM VERY
NEAR ENGLEWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLAND...ENGLEWOOD...SITKA AND ACRES.
LAT...LON 3701 10008 3702 10009 3706 10009 3734 9976
3732 9956 3707 9955 3700 9972
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 235DEG 15KT 3701 9997
HOVORKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 16 min |
| Jul 17, 10:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 9 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 19 min |
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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.