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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2016, 7:35 PM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford 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
- Apr 5, 2016, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Apr 5, 6:49 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:49 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 931 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-061215- 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- 931 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 /831 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF LARNED TO CIMARRON TO HUGOTON LINE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS RED FLAG WARNING. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... WEDNESDAY... ELEVATED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER RISK. THURSDAY... ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 5, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:40 PM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 88 min |
| Apr 6, 2:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more | 16 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.