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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 27, 2016Lane County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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 27, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Lane County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1020 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
1020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

648 
WWUS83 KDDC 272321
SPSDDC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
621 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
 
KSZ043-044-280015-
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
621 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND
NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 621 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF MANNING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANNING AND HEALY. 

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3858 10040 3845 10081 3870 10090 3870 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 331DEG 9KT 3862 10077 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny49 min
Jul 27, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess64 min
Jul 27, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny59 min
Jul 27, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess30 min
Jul 27, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant61 min
Jul 27, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell37 min
Jul 27, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord65 min
Jul 27, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord21 min
Jul 27, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott43 min
Jul 27, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens23 min
Jul 27, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton66 min
Jul 27, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward64 min
Jul 27, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward65 min
Jul 27, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens30 min

Nearby

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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.