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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2015, 10:20 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
- Sep 7, 2015, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 Sep 7, 6:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 6:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 3:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 350 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081000- 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- 350 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015 /250 PM MDT MON SEP 7 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED TORNADO RISK. LIMITED HAIL RISK. LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON TUESDAY. THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAINLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. IT IS UNCLEAR AS TO WHETHER THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... TUESDAY... LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDS. THURSDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SUNDAY... NO HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING.. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 8:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 849 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015 KSZ077-078-080230- FORD KS-GRAY KS- 849 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 848 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF FOWLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 3748 10014 3748 10029 3768 10000 3749 9987 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 239DEG 16KT 3748 10017 RBURG
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 10:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1020 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015 KSZ077-080400- GRAY KS- 1020 PM CDT MON SEP 7 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1020 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF COPELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...COPELAND AND THE HAGGARD ELEV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 3751 10063 3772 10064 3785 10030 3749 10024 TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 245DEG 23KT 3764 10059 RBURG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 38 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.