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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2016, 2:16 AM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 29, 2016, 2:16 AM CDT (07:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 29, 12:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 12:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 430 AM CDT THU APR 28 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-290930- 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- 430 AM CDT THU APR 28 2016 /330 AM MDT THU APR 28 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DISCUSSION...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. TEMPERATURES COULD DROP CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT BUT THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... FRIDAY... ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SIGNIFICANT FROST RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. TUESDAY... NO HAZARDS. WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO JF
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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 12:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
111 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
KSZ076-086-087-290700-
SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-HASKELL KS-
111 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRAY...EASTERN
SEWARD...WESTERN MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM
CDT...
AT 110 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF KISMET TO 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LIBERAL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KISMET...HAYNE AND PLAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3737 10088 3748 10060 3748 10054 3700 10054
3700 10088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 252DEG 35KT 3731 10080 3698 10081
TURNERSpecial weather statement, Apr 29, 1:44 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
144 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
KSZ077-086-087-290730-
SEWARD KS-GRAY KS-MEADE KS-
144 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY...EAST CENTRAL
SEWARD AND WESTERN MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...
AT 143 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF COPELAND TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MEADE STATE PARK. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEADE...MONTEZUMA...MISSLER...MEADE STATE PARK...THE HAGGARD ELEV AND
PLAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3748 10065 3775 10029 3720 10026 3700 10057
3700 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 209DEG 28KT 3747 10060 3699 10057
TURNERSpecial weather statement, Apr 29, 2:16 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 216 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 KSZ077-078-087-088-290800- FORD KS-GRAY KS-MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 216 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY...SOUTHWESTERN FORD...WESTERN CLARK AND EASTERN MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 216 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CIMARRON TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENGLEWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MEADE...MINNEOLA...FOWLER...ENSIGN...BLOOM AND THE HAGGARD ELEV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3765 10038 3774 9982 3714 9980 3702 10037 TIME...MOT...LOC 0716Z 257DEG 24KT 3783 10029 3693 10028 TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 4:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 10:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 39 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.