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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2016, 8:21 AM CST for Barber County, Comanche County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 8, 2016, 8:21 AM CST (14:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
028
WWUS83 KDDC 081421
SPSDDC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
821 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
KSZ081-089-090-081500-
BARBER KS-PRATT KS-COMANCHE KS-
821 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN COMANCHE...EASTERN
PRATT...BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CST...
AT 820 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES WEST OF NASHVILLE
TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FREEDOM...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATT...MEDICINE LODGE...SAWYER...ISABEL...COATS...LAKE CITY...SUN CITY...
AETNA AND CAIRO.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3713 9934 3739 9905 3739 9901 3742 9901
3779 9859 3761 9847 3739 9846 3738 9839
3700 9879 3700 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 148DEG 35KT 3743 9846 3689 9903
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 6:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 46 min |
| Mar 7, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 9:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 51 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.