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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 12, 2016Ellis County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2244 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 2016-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
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

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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 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, Jul 11, 9:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:42 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis43 min
Jul 11, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis22 min
Jul 11, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman57 min
Jul 11, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness53 min
Jul 12, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego46 min
Jul 12, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush62 min
Jul 12, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego68 min
Jul 12, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego55 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.