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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2015, 2:56 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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 19, 2015, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 19, 1:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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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
Local storm report, Jul 18, 9:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
930 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM TSTM WND GST 9 SSW MEADE STATE PARK 37.04N 100.46W
07/18/2015 E65 MPH MEADE KS PUBLIC
&&
MRSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 10:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1057 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 KSZ084-085-190445- MORTON KS-STEVENS KS- 1057 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STEVENS AND SOUTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1057 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROLLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUGOTON...ROLLA AND FETERITA. LAT...LON 3700 10168 3704 10173 3738 10137 3700 10108 TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 242DEG 24KT 3703 10154 RUSSELL
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 11:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1127 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 KSZ085-086-190515- SEWARD KS-STEVENS KS- 1127 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS AND SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... AT 1126 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF LIBERAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LIBERAL...WOODS AND HAYNE. LAT...LON 3700 10134 3728 10113 3718 10065 3700 10064 TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 224DEG 18KT 3702 10103 RUSSELL
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1239 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 KSZ043-190645- SCOTT KS- 1239 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM CDT... AT 1239 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTT STATE LAKE TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LYDIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCOTT CITY...SCOTT STATE LAKE...MODOC...SHALLOW WATER...GRIGSTON AND MANNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3870 10070 3836 10070 3834 10112 3870 10112 TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 240DEG 29KT 3880 10103 3836 10136 RUSSELL
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:07 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 207 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 KSZ043-044-190745- SCOTT KS-LANE KS- 207 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LANE AND NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM CDT... AT 207 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEALY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DIGHTON...AMY...SHIELDS...PENDENNIS...MANNING...HEALY AND GRIGSTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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. THIS STORM 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 3870 10026 3847 10025 3841 10068 3870 10090 TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 263DEG 18KT 3867 10055 RUSSELL
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:56 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 59 min |
| Jul 19, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 2:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 12 hr |
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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.