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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 18, 20165 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2016, 1:07 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 18, 2016, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2016-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2159 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 2016-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

965 
WWUS83 KDDC 180607
SPSDDC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
107 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
 
KSZ064-065-077>080-087>089-180645-
FORD KS-GRAY KS-MEADE KS-EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS-PAWNEE KS-CLARK KS-
COMANCHE KS-HODGEMAN KS-
107 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY...NORTHWESTERN
COMANCHE...FORD...SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE...EDWARDS...CLARK...EASTERN
MEADE...EASTERN HODGEMAN AND WESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM
CDT...

AT 106 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM HANSTON TO 2 MILES WEST OF MEADE. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DODGE CITY...GRAY...MEADE...KINSLEY...ASHLAND...BUCKLIN...
GREENSBURG...SPEARVILLE...MINNEOLA...FOWLER...LEWIS...MULLINVILLE...
FORD...HANSTON...OFFERLE...BLOOM...ENGLEWOOD...SITKA...
WRIGHT AND KINGSDOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10023 3726 10047 3821 9970 3781 9906
      3700 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 316DEG 32KT 3811 9971 3729 10038 

$$

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Rush51 min
Jun 17, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego67 min
Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego49 min
Jun 17, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis51 min
Jun 17, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush and 1 more62 min
Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego50 min
Jun 17, 9:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego24 hr
Jun 17, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens53 min
Jun 17, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford48 min
Jun 17, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford66 min
Jun 17, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford46 min
Jun 18, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman, Ness50 min
Jun 18, 1:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Kiowa56 min
Jun 18, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche48 min
Jun 18, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber51 min
Jun 18, 3:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt49 min
Jun 18, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark48 min
Jun 18, 6:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray40 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.