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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2016, 9:07 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 20, 2016, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Barber County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 20, 7:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 7:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 541 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-211045- 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- 541 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016 /441 AM MDT WED APR 20 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...DENSE FOG THIS MORNING WILL BURN OFF BY 9 OR 10AM. UNTIL THEN, EXPECT WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY AROUND ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 283 TO THE COLORADO BORDER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF NORTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED FOG RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. DISCUSSION...THE NEXT CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME SUNDAY AS A FAIRLY STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THERE ARE STILL UNCERTAINTIES IN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM, SO IT IS STILL QUITE UNCLEAR WHERE OR HOW EXTENSIVE THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS NEXT WEEK, WHICH COULD INCLUDE SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... THURSDAY... NO HAZARDS. FRIDAY... LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 643 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 KSZ064-065-077>080-087-088-210030- FORD KS-GRAY KS-MEADE KS-EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS-PAWNEE KS-CLARK KS- HODGEMAN KS- 643 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY...FORD...SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE...WESTERN EDWARDS...NORTHWESTERN CLARK...NORTHERN MEADE...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 642 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF WEAKENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR JETMORE TO NORTH OF MEADE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DODGE CITY...MEADE...KINSLEY...BUCKLIN...SPEARVILLE...MINNEOLA...FOWLER... FORD...OFFERLE...BLOOM...WRIGHT...KINGSDOWN...CLARK STATE LAKE...BELLEFONT... MISSLER...FT. DODGE AND WINDHORST. LAT...LON 3804 9918 3718 9993 3718 10063 3807 9983 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 275DEG 49KT 3802 9983 3724 10054 TURNER
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 7:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 710 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 KSZ074-075-084-210100- GRANT KS-MORTON KS-STANTON KS- 710 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORTON...CENTRAL STANTON AND WEST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 710 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF MANTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JOHNSON CITY...MANTER...RICHFIELD AND BIG BOW. LAT...LON 3761 10198 3770 10187 3750 10142 3727 10178 TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 314DEG 33KT 3762 10190 FINCH
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 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 20, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 41 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.