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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 4:27 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
- Jul 8, 2016, 4:27 AM MDT (10:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 5:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 2503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 8, 2:25 AM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:25 AM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:15 AM MDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 115 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016 KSZ077-078-080-087-088-080715- FORD KS-GRAY KS-MEADE KS-KIOWA KS-CLARK KS- 115 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY...FORD... NORTHERN CLARK...NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT... AT 113 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THE HAGGARD ELEV TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSDOWN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MPH. HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...MINNEOLA...MULLINVILLE...FORD...ENSIGN... BLOOM...HOWELL...FT. DODGE...KINGSDOWN... THE HAGGARD ELEV AND CLARK STATE LAKE. 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 3787 10028 3766 9939 3729 9971 3749 10045 TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 202DEG 22KT 3763 10032 3746 9971 TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:15 AM MDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 115 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016 KSZ077-078-080-087-088-080715- FORD KS-GRAY KS-MEADE KS-KIOWA KS-CLARK KS- 115 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY...FORD... NORTHERN CLARK...NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT... AT 113 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THE HAGGARD ELEV TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSDOWN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MPH. HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...MINNEOLA...MULLINVILLE...FORD...ENSIGN... BLOOM...HOWELL...FT. DODGE...KINGSDOWN... THE HAGGARD ELEV AND CLARK STATE LAKE. 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 3787 10028 3766 9939 3729 9971 3749 10045 TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 202DEG 22KT 3763 10032 3746 9971 TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:37 AM MDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 137 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016 KSZ078>081-088>090-080730- FORD KS-EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-BARBER KS-PRATT KS-COMANCHE KS- 137 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN COMANCHE...SOUTHEASTERN FORD...SOUTHWESTERN PRATT...SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS...NORTHEASTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN BARBER AND KIOWA COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT... AT 135 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKLIN TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILMORE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLDWATER...BUCKLIN...GREENSBURG...MULLINVILLE...WILMORE... SUN CITY...CROFT...LAKE COLDWATER...CLARK STATE LAKE AND BELVIDERE. 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 3778 9959 3743 9875 3710 9918 3735 9984 TIME...MOT...LOC 0635Z 220DEG 31KT 3751 9965 3725 9913 TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:41 AM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 12:15 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 12:37 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 12:58 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 1:06 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 1:26 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 1:41 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 1:59 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 2:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 3:37 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 40 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.