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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2016, 3:18 AM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 24, 2016, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 2915 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 15.2
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 24, 1:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 248 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-241100- 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- 248 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 /148 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES DOES EXIST. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED TORNADO RISK. ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... TUESDAY... ELEVATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. WEDNESDAY... ELEVATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. THURSDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A GARDEN CITY TO HAYS LINE. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO 32
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 9:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 943 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 KSZ088>090-240330- CLARK KS-BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS- 943 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COMANCHE...EASTERN CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 943 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF SELMAN...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUFFALO...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...SITKA...AETNA...LAKE COLDWATER AND BUTTERMILK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3700 9974 3739 9976 3723 9891 3700 9890 TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 196DEG 22KT 3690 9953 RBURG
Special weather statement, May 23, 10:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1041 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 KSZ089-240430- COMANCHE KS- 1041 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COMANCHE COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 1041 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PROTECTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...WILMORE...LAKE COLDWATER AND BUTTERMILK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3726 9954 3738 9912 3700 9906 3700 9953 TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 247DEG 13KT 3711 9953 RBURG
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:18 AM CDT, 0 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 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 47 min |
| May 23, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 50 min |
| May 23, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 49 min |
| May 23, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 53 min |
| May 24, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 44 min |
| May 24, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 25 min |
| May 24, 12:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 12 hr |
| May 24, 2:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 18 hr |
| May 24, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 54 min |
| May 24, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 26 min |
| May 24, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 51 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 39 min |
| May 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 24 min |
| May 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Ness, Trego | 65 min |
| May 24, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 17 min |
| May 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 39 min |
| May 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 34 min |
| May 24, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 39 min |
| May 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 23 min |
| May 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Ness | 40 min |
| May 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 36 min |
| May 24, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 48 min |
| May 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 44 min |
| May 24, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 36 min |
| May 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 19 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 49 min |
| May 24, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 35 min |
| May 24, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego | 48 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.