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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2016, 10:37 AM CDT for Comanche 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 29, 2016, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -903 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
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, 6:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 448 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-301000- 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- 448 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 /348 AM MDT FRI APR 29 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 TODAY INTO EARLY TONIGHT. MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS TODAY, MAINLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INCLUDING PRATT, BARBER AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED TORNADO RISK. ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. EXTREME LIGHTNING RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. DISCUSSION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30S EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES IN A FEW LOCATIONS COULD BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING, ESPECIALLY IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. SEE THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (TOPSPSDDC) FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... SATURDAY... NO HAZARDS. SUNDAY... NO HAZARDS. MONDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDS. THURSDAY... NO HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO JF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 439 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 KSZ088-089-291030- CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS- 439 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT... AT 439 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ASHLAND...SITKA AND ACRES. 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 3700 9986 3722 10001 3737 9967 3700 9939 TIME...MOT...LOC 0939Z 216DEG 36KT 3726 9992 3688 9969 TURNER
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 703 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-291415- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...PHEIFER...HAYS... SCOTT CITY...SCOTT STATE LAKE...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...MACKSVILLE...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... ELKHART...HUGOTON...LIBERAL...MEADE...PLAINS CITY...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...LAKE COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA 703 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 /603 AM MDT FRI APR 29 2016/ ...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE TONIGHT... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 30S TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS. HOWEVER...WEST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH ALONG WITH SOME CLOUD COVER ARE EXPECTED TO PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING BELOW FREEZING AND MAY ALSO PREVENT FROST FORMATION. THE BEST CHANCE OF TEMPERATURES GETTING CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK...WHICH COULD RESULT IN FROST...IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LIBERAL TO ULYSSES TO SYRACUSE. THIS AREA HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS AND WILL HAVE LIGHTER WINDS...WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR COLDER READINGS NEAR THE GROUND AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. FINCH
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:37 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1037 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 KSZ088-089-291615- CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS- 1037 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT... AT 1037 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SITKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...WILMORE...LAKE COLDWATER AND BUTTERMILK. LAT...LON 3700 9974 3736 9953 3736 9907 3700 9943 TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 214DEG 34KT 3706 9957 JJOHNSON
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, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 44 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, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 39 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.