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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 10, 2016Clark County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2016, 12:47 AM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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 10, 2016, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Clark County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1613 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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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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 10, 12:00 AM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 12:00 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:00 AM CDT, 20 hours 47 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

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 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, 5 hours 17 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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
820 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

KSZ063-075>077-100215-
FINNEY KS-GRANT KS-GRAY KS-HASKELL KS-
820 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY...WEST
CENTRAL GRAY...SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND
NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 820 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF HICKOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARDEN CITY...HOLCOMB...PIERCEVILLE...RYUS AND PLYMELL.

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 3748 10111 3764 10124 3774 10119 3774 10109
      3788 10110 3803 10102 3801 10069 3781 10060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 239DEG 6KT 3763 10112

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell37 min
Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Stevens45 min
Jun 9, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens38 min
Jun 9, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell55 min
Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell45 min

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Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.