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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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 15, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 1237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.9
The text
As transmitted.
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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 15, 2:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...CORRECTED National Weather Service Dodge City KS 229 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016 ...Updated Short Term and Long Term sections... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday) Issued at 216 PM CDT Fri Jul 15 2016 Potentially significant severe weather event is about to unfold across far western Kansas. At 19Z, we were tracking an old outflow boundary extending from just south of GLD to just south of LaCrosse. This boundary was starting to stall out with late afternoon insolation setting in. This boundary, in addition to a triple point area just south of GLD, will be the focus for thunderstorm development. In fact, storms were already underway at the triple point southwest of GLD. Additional storms were starting to form in the well-mixed hot airmass in Baca Co. We fully expect a severe MCS, potentially signficant, to roll southeast through much of southwest KS through the evening. There may be a couple of 80-mph wind gust/damage reports in this setup along with (initially early) golfball hail reports. The very damaging wind threat is of moist concern, however. The MCS will likely clear southwest KS in the 04-07z time frame, but not before resulting in some widespread 0.50 to 1.00 inch rainfall amounts. The forward- propagating tendency of the MCS would most likely prevent excessive rainfall in this event. .LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Friday) Issued at 216 PM CDT Fri Jul 15 2016 Not much emphasis on the Long Term given quieter weather regime through much of this period and all the focus on the more important near term severe weather threat. Looking at the long term global models, they all still agree on a 600 decameter 500mb high settling in through much of the week which will result in persistent daytime highs around 100 each day and lows generally in the lower 70s. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday morning) Issued at 1230 PM CDT Fri Jul 15 2016 A severe MCS is forecast to move southeast across southwest KS this evening, which will most likely impact GCK and DDC terminals. HYS will probably be glanced by the MCS, but will include VCTS for a few hours there, too. Very strong winds may occur at both GCK and DDC terminals with the thunderstorms this evenings, perhaps briefly in excess of 45 or 50 knots. The thunderstorm activity will likely clear the region in the 03-06z time frame with VFR resuming and a gradual shift in wind to the east and southeast by Saturday morning. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 66 94 73 100 / 70 10 10 10 GCK 66 95 72 100 / 70 10 10 10 EHA 65 98 72 101 / 60 10 10 10 LBL 66 98 73 102 / 70 10 10 10 HYS 66 91 73 99 / 40 10 10 10 P28 68 94 74 100 / 70 20 10 10 && .DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Umscheid LONG TERM...Umscheid AVIATION...Umscheid
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 11:32 AM CDT, 8 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1132 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-161645- 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- 1132 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016 /1032 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING, WITH POTENTIALLY WIDELY SCATTERED SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF GREATER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND VERY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FIRST DEVELOP DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND FAR NORTHWEST KANSAS, THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST AS THEY MATURE AND GROW INTO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DURING THE EVENING HOURS.THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL INCLUDE AREAS BETWEEN THE COLORADO BORDER AND HIGHWAY 283 FROM A SCOTT CITY LATITUDE IN THE NORTH DOWN TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORMS SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS, PARTICULARLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 283 CORRIDOR TO THE COLORADO BORDER. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC UMSCHEID
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
618 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NW DODGE CITY 37.78N 100.04W
07/15/2016 E85 MPH FORD KS NWS EMPLOYEE
LOST WINDOW TOO
&&Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
622 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW DODGE CITY 37.78N 100.04W
07/15/2016 FORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEMI WAS BLOWN
OVER ON HIGHWAY 50.
&&
RBLocal storm report, Jul 15, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
655 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG MONTEZUMA 37.60N 100.44W
07/15/2016 GRAY KS EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTS OF SEVERAL 6 TO 7 INCH DIAMETER TREE
LIMBS DOWN IN MONTEZUMA.
&&
RBLocal storm report, Jul 15, 7:45 PM CDT, 15 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 15, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Meade | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 8:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 6:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 96 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.