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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2016, 10:33 PM MDT for Hamilton 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
- Jun 29, 2016, 10:33 PM MDT (04:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2016, 11:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 29, 7:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 7:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 4:36 AM MDT, 17 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 536 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-301045- 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- 536 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2016 /436 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. VERY ISOLATED LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. LATER TONIGHT, ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO OUR NORTHWEST AND MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST KANSAS REGION. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THERE WILL BE AN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RISK, PERHAPS LEADING TO SOME FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY BY EARLY IN THE WEEKEND AS SOME AREAS RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES. THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE MARGINAL GIVEN THE WEAKENING DEEP LAYER SHEAR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE ACTIVATED GIVEN THE VERY ISOLATED NATURE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:55 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 955 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 KSZ061-300445- HAMILTON KS- 955 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM MDT... AT 954 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF TRIBUNE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COOLIDGE. 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 3823 10205 3826 10201 3826 10156 3782 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 305DEG 23KT 3838 10176 3782 10243 TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:12 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1012 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 KSZ061-300500- HAMILTON KS- 1012 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM MDT... AT 1011 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF SYRACUSE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SYRACUSE. 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. 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 3780 10197 3800 10183 3796 10157 3774 10162 TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 279DEG 9KT 3786 10177 TURNER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:33 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1133 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
KSZ061-062-074-300515-
KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-STANTON KS-
1133 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAMILTON...NORTHWESTERN STANTON
AND NORTHERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT/1115 PM MDT/...
AT 1130 PM CDT/1030 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF LYDIA TO
16 MILES NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH ARE LIKELY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS
POSSIBLE.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SYRACUSE...COOLIDGE AND KENDALL.
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 3807 10205 3826 10179 3826 10140 3812 10117
3758 10192 3765 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 325DEG 28KT 3823 10147 3774 10221
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 9:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 10:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 11:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny, Stanton | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 12:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 12:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 1:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 2:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Scott and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 42 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.