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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 13, 2015, 10:13 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 13, 2015, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1068 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 13, 6:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 6:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 404 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-140915- 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- 404 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 2015 /304 AM MDT SUN SEP 13 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT, MAINLY SOUTH OF A SYRACUSE TO DODGE CITY TO STAFFORD LINE. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS LATE TODAY WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. DISCUSSION...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT, MAINLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT FEW OF THESE STORMS LATE TUESDAY MAY BE SEVERE. STRONG WINDS OF UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD. ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEEK AND EARLY THIS WEEKEND ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AT THIS TIME IT IS TO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... MONDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. WEDNESDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. THURSDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO
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Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1013 PM CDT SUN SEP 13 2015 KSZ088-089-140400- CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS- 1013 PM CDT SUN SEP 13 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN COMANCHE AND CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1012 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ACRES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ASHLAND...PROTECTION...ENGLEWOOD...SITKA...ACRES AND BUTTERMILK. LAT...LON 3700 10006 3728 10008 3737 9943 3700 9924 TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 257DEG 18KT 3713 9996 UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 66 min |
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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.