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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 16, 2016, 11:05 PM CDT for Pratt 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 16, 2016, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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, 6:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 6:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 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
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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1009 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
KSZ089-090-170400-
BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
1009 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN COMANCHE...WESTERN BARBER
AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
AT 1009 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3
MILES NORTHEAST OF BUTTERMILK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLDWATER...SUN CITY...AETNA AND BUTTERMILK.
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 3722 9939 3739 9905 3738 9901 3741 9901
3744 9894 3700 9871 3700 9929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 236DEG 28KT 3713 9927
GERARDSpecial weather statement, Apr 16, 11:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1105 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
KSZ080-081-090-170445-
KIOWA KS-BARBER KS-PRATT KS-
1105 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PRATT...NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND
EAST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...
AT 1105 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3
MILES EAST OF CROFT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRATT...IUKA...SAWYER...CULLISON...ISABEL...COATS...SUN CITY...CROFT...CAIRO
AND WELLSFORD.
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 9895 3764 9910 3783 9868 3782 9867
3757 9846 3745 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 236DEG 32KT 3749 9893
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 9:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 12 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis | 9 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ness | 9 hr |
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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.