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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 16, 2016, 5:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 16, 2016, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 363 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
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 16, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 545 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-171045- 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- 545 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 /445 AM MDT SAT APR 16 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON TO MID EVENING HOURS, THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER BETWEEN ELKHART AND ENGLEWOOD. THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND TO 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FLOODING WILL BE A RISK IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS, MUCH LIKE LAST NIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED TORNADO RISK. ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. EXTREME LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DISCUSSION...THE FLOODING RISK WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS THE EXCESSIVE RAIN AXIS IS FORECAST TO SHIFT INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED ON SUNDAY. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... SUNDAY... ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. MONDAY... NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. WEDNESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. THURSDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER BETWEEN ELKHART AND ENGLEWOOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 16, 12:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1223 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 E JETMORE 38.08N 99.88W
04/16/2016 M3.94 INCH HODGEMAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
OBSERVER LOCATION E SIDE OF JETMORE.
&&
AWSpecial weather statement, Apr 16, 12:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1247 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 KSZ084-161830- MORTON KS- 1247 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORTON COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 1247 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELKHART...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELKHART...RICHFIELD AND WILBURTON. 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. && LAT...LON 3736 10204 3737 10159 3699 10172 3699 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 187DEG 48KT 3702 10184 RBURG
Local storm report, Apr 16, 1:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
111 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM FLOOD 5 SSW THE HAGGARD ELEV 37.55N 100.34W
04/16/2016 GRAY KS NWS EMPLOYEE
COUNTY RD. FF OFF OF K 23 STANDING WATER IN
LOW LYING AREAS AND ACROSS THE ROAD.
&&
AWLocal storm report, Apr 16, 2:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 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 15, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton, Stevens | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 11:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Morton | 12 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 12:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Morton | 8 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Haskell | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 1:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 57 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.