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Dense Fog Advisory 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this dense fog advisory at Sep 9, 2016, 2:20 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2016, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this dense fog advisory 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 dense fog advisory went out at Sep 9, 12:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 12:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 3:40 PM CDT, 10 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 340 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-092045- 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- 340 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 /240 PM MDT THU SEP 8 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MEADE TO GREENSBURG TO PRATT. THESE STORMS COULD BE MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HAYS TO DODGE CITY TO LIBERAL. THESE STORMS COULD BE MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MEADE TO GREENSBURG TO PRATT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC JF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 8, 9:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
906 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL 4 N HOPEWELL 37.86N 99.00W
09/08/2016 E1.00 INCH STAFFORD KS PUBLIC
.
0506 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NNW COATS 37.57N 98.85W
09/08/2016 E58 MPH PRATT KS PUBLIC
.
0501 PM TSTM WND GST 4 W BYERS 37.79N 98.93W
09/08/2016 E55 MPH PRATT KS EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED WIND SPEEDS OF 50
TO 55 MPH.
0450 PM TSTM WND GST HAVILAND 37.61N 99.11W
09/08/2016 E60 MPH KIOWA KS PUBLIC
.
0440 PM HAIL 2 WNW CROFT 37.50N 99.03W
09/08/2016 M1.00 INCH KIOWA KS PUBLIC
.
&&
NWS DODGE CITY KS
IRIS SYSTEMSpecial weather statement, Sep 8, 10:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1007 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
KSZ081-090-090345-
BARBER KS-PRATT KS-
1007 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRATT AND
NORTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...
AT 1006 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR ISABEL...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
HAIL TO DIME SIZE IS POSSIBLE.
TORRENTIAL RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE ARROWHEAD...SAWYER AND ISABEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3727 9849 3749 9870 3767 9847 3739 9846
3738 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 225DEG 34KT 3745 9852
TURNERSpecial weather statement, Sep 8, 11:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1105 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 KSZ081-090445- PRATT KS- 1105 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1104 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES IS POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRATT...IUKA...NATRONA... PRATT REGIONAL AIRPORT AND PRATT COUNTY LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3750 9875 3758 9889 3778 9872 3765 9856 TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 219DEG 18KT 3760 9878 TURNER
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 11:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1125 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
KSZ090-090500-
BARBER KS-
1125 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 1124 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES WEST OF HAZELTON...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF KIOWA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIOWA...SHARON AND HAZELTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9840 3700 9850 3709 9863 3739 9837
3738 9835 3705 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 216DEG 21KT 3711 9849
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 2:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 19 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 67 min |
| Sep 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 67 min |
| Sep 9, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 53 min |
| Sep 9, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 6:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Clark | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 19 min |
| Sep 9, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 23 min |
| Sep 9, 6:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 116 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.