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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 29, 2016Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT for Kearny 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
May 29, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 642 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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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 May 29, 3:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:48 AM CDT, 11 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
448 AM CDT SUN MAY 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 SUN MAY 29 2016 /348 AM MDT SUN MAY 29 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING.
THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE OKLAHOMA BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
AND 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY
AND ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH INTO
WESTERN KANSAS. HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND 60-70 MPH WIND
GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

HAZARDS WEATHER RISK...

  MONDAY...
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.

  TUESDAY...
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.

  WEDNESDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

  THURSDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  FRIDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  SATURDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR
AREAS ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER FROM ELKHART TO MEDICINE LODGE..

&&

FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO

GERARD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
145 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

KSZ044-291930-
LANE KS-
145 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LANE COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM
CDT...

AT 145 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTH OF SHIELDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENDENNIS AND SHIELDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 10031 3870 10031 3870 10025 3861 10027
      3852 10055 3869 10069 3870 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 231DEG 42KT 3869 10047

RUSSELL
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
227 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

KSZ043-292015-
SCOTT KS-
227 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM
CDT...

AT 226 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR MODOC...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTT CITY...MODOC AND SHALLOW WATER.

LAT...LON 3829 10110 3862 10113 3867 10080 3832 10086
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 270DEG 16KT 3849 10110

FINCH
Local storm report, May 29, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant23 min
May 28, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant45 min
May 29, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane45 min
May 29, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott48 min
May 29, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott49 min
May 29, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis12 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.