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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2016, 6:41 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- May 9, 2016, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 May 9, 6:09 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 6:09 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 4:11 AM CDT, 14 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 411 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-101000- 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- 411 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 /311 AM MDT MON MAY 9 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SMALL HAIL AND SOME STRONG WINDS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE AND THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE FROM ST. JOHN TO PRATT AND MEDICINE LODGE AND EAST. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED HAIL RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY LATE INTO WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON FRIDAY WITH SLIGHT CHANCES FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... TUESDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. WEDNESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. THURSDAY... NO HAZARDS. FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO 06
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 9, 4:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
425 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0358 PM HAIL 3 E SHARON 37.25N 98.36W
05/09/2016 E1.75 INCH BARBER KS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
RBLocal storm report, May 9, 4:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
434 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM HAIL 5 SSW SHARON 37.17N 98.44W
05/09/2016 E1.00 INCH BARBER KS PUBLIC
WASN'T HOME AT THE TIME OF EVENT BUT
QUARTERS STILL REMAINED WHEN ARRIVING HOME.
MOST LIKELY LARGER HAIL.
&&
NWS DODGE CITY KS
IRIS SYSTEMSpecial weather statement, May 9, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 452 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 KSZ063-064-077-078-092230- FORD KS-FINNEY KS-GRAY KS-HODGEMAN KS- 452 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL FINNEY...NORTHERN GRAY...NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 452 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF INGALLS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CIMARRON...CHARLESTON AND HOWELL. LAT...LON 3787 10057 3807 10054 3802 10005 3776 10011 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 280DEG 14KT 3794 10042 HOVORKA
Local storm report, May 9, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 19 min |
| May 8, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 51 min |
| May 8, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 53 min |
| May 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 7 hr |
| May 8, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 17 min |
| May 8, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 55 min |
| May 8, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 39 min |
| May 8, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 64 min |
| May 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 57 min |
| May 8, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 26 min |
| May 8, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 35 min |
| May 8, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 46 min |
| May 8, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 52 min |
| May 8, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 23 min |
| May 8, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 39 min |
| May 9, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 24 min |
| May 9, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| May 9, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 43 min |
| May 9, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 57 min |
| May 9, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 54 min |
| May 9, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 56 min |
| May 9, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 45 min |
| May 9, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 55 min |
| May 9, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 38 min |
| May 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 49 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.