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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2016, 4:02 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 26, 2016, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 2752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 26, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 5:00 AM CDT, 11 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-271000- 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- 500 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 /400 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR PRODUCING HAIL UP TO SOFTBALL SIZE. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS IN THIS AREA. FARTHER WEST, TOWARD ASHLAND, DODGE CITY AND NESS CITY, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE TO TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE MOVING EAST AND NORTH OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED TORNADO RISK. SIGNIFICANT HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. DISCUSSION...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LOW. THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... WEDNESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. THURSDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 283. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO GERARD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:02 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 402 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 KSZ085-086-262145- SEWARD KS-STEVENS KS- 402 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN STEVENS AND SOUTHWESTERN SEWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 401 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF HUGOTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LIBERAL...HUGOTON...WOODS AND HAYNE. LAT...LON 3700 10153 3734 10114 3700 10066 TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 237DEG 37KT 3699 10127 SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward, Stevens | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 47 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.