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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2016, 1:42 AM CDT for Ellis 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 12, 2016, 1:42 AM CDT (06:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
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 Jul 12, 1:15 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:15 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 940 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-130245- 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- 940 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 /840 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND THESE COULD CONTAIN HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME STORMS, ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT, MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC JF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 10:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1017 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 KSZ031-120400- ELLIS KS- 1017 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1016 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CATHERINE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VICTORIA...WALKER...CATHERINE AND EMMERAM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3885 9904 3883 9924 3892 9928 3903 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 251DEG 20KT 3889 9919 KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1118 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 KSZ044-045-063-064-120515- FINNEY KS-NESS KS-LANE KS-HODGEMAN KS- 1118 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY... SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... AT 1117 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS LIKELY. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES. 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. 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 3815 10029 3828 10035 3837 9998 3816 9988 TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 257DEG 19KT 3823 10020 TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 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 11, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 22 min |
| Jul 11, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 68 min |
| Jul 12, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 55 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.