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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 9, 2016Grant County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT for Grant County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 9, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Grant County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1613 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 9, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
627 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...UPDATE TO AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday)
Issued at 224 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

Convective initiation will be possible in the latter half of the
afternoon, generally along the convergence axis/surface trough
extending from northeast NM through the KS/CO state line area,
into northwest/north central KS. This will be a moderate
instability, low shear environment, so organized severe storm are
not anticipated. However the HRRR/ARW as well as the 4kmNAM and
NMM core all develop slightly different variations of spatial
coverage for isolated to scattered storms in the 00z to 06z
timeframe. It is possible some mid levels showers linger into
early Friday morning, similar to the mid level reflectivity seen
today. The latest model runs have trended the overnight
temperatures slightly higher tonight. Lows are forecast mainly in
the 60s, and around 70 in central Kansas. The setup for Friday
will be very similar to today's, with potential for late afternoon
convective initiation a little farther east. The ARW was generally
followed for a slight chance POPS forecast grid focused across
central Kansas.

.LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday)
Issued at 224 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

The next chance for truly organized storms looks to be in the
Monday-Tuesday timeframe when the next strong piece of energy
ejects out of the western trough into the Central Plains region,
immediately followed by a cold front for mid week. The entire
period looks to be at least at or above normal highs. Mild
overnight lows in the upper 60s should cool only slightly to the
mid/low 60s in the latter half of the week.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening)
Issued at 612 PM CDT Thu Jun 9 2016

Isolated thunderstorms will lift northeast across western Kansas
this evening, potentially affecting all TAF sites with brief
periods of MVFR/IFR vsbys due to heavy rain. Otherwise, VFR
conditions will prevail through early Friday afternoon. Southerly
winds 15 to 30kt will persist across central and portions of
southwest Kansas through Friday as a lee side trough of low
pressure remains anchored near and along the Colorado border.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC  68  93  68  91 /  20  20  20  10
GCK  67  96  67  93 /  30  10  10  10
EHA  64  93  65  90 /  30  10  10  20
LBL  66  94  67  92 /  30  20  10  20
HYS  68  95  69  92 /  20  10  10  10
P28  71  95  69  93 /  20  20  20  10

&&

.DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...Russell
LONG TERM...Russell
AVIATION...JJohnson

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:00 AM CDT, 15 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
400 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-100900-
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-
400 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2016 /300 AM MDT THU JUN 9 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING. ISOLATED 60 MPH WINDS AND PERHAPS QUARTER
SIZE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

DISCUSSION...A MORE SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS
POSSIBLE NEXT TUESDAY. SPECIFIC DETAILS ARE UNKNOWN AS THIS TIME.
OTHERWISE, ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

HAZARDS WEATHER RISK...

  FRIDAY...
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  SATURDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  SUNDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  MONDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  TUESDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  WEDNESDAY...
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
459 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

KSZ030-044-092245-
TREGO KS-LANE KS-
459 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL TREGO AND NORTHERN
LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 458 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DEVELOPING, STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF SHIELDS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DIGHTON...SHIELDS...PENDENNIS AND HEALY.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3886 10011 3868 10025 3866 10025 3845 10039
      3852 10060 3870 10065 3870 10025 3881 10015
      3887 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 202DEG 23KT 3856 10046

UMSCHEID

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
609 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

KSZ063-076-100015-
FINNEY KS-HASKELL KS-
609 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY AND WESTERN
HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 608 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DEVELOPING STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RYUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA AND PLYMELL.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3741 10108 3785 10108 3784 10067 3746 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 219DEG 16KT 3757 10104

UMSCHEID

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:09 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
709 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     HAIL             12 NE RYUS              37.63N 100.98W
06/09/2016  E1.00 INCH       HASKELL            KS   PUBLIC

            HAIL WAS MOSTLY PEA SIZE.

&&

NWS DODGE CITY KS
IRIS SYSTEM

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
730 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

KSZ075-085-100115-
GRANT KS-STEVENS KS-
730 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL STEVENS...SOUTHERN
KEARNY...GRANT AND SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 729 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...
ONE 7 MILES EAST OF ULYSSES AND ANOTHER ONE 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HUGOTON. THESE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ULYSSES...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...RYUS...WOODS...FETERITA...CAVE AND HICKOK.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3712 10152 3774 10137 3773 10109 3739 10109
      3739 10108 3711 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 230DEG 16KT 3725 10136

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	37 min
Jun 9, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stevens	38 min
Jun 9, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	55 min
Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	45 min
Jun 10, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	58 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.