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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 28, 20165 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2016, 5:54 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 81 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 28, 2016, 5:54 AM CDT (10:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2016, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2016-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 172 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 2016-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -90 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
172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2474 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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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 28, 3:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
427 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-291000-
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-
427 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016 /327 AM MDT THU JUL 28 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS. THESE STORMS THIS MORNING WILL NOT BE
SEVERE BUT A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS,
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND MODERATE RAINFALL.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY AND
EARLY TONIGHT WILL BE WIND GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH AND TWO INCH OR
LARGER HAIL. PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND AGAIN
SATURDAY NIGHT. GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF MODERATE RAINFALL
ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN
HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 3 PM ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 12:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1256 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

KSZ043-044-280700-
SCOTT KS-LANE KS-
1256 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...SCOTT AND
LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 1256 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES EAST OF SCOTT STATE LAKE...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...HEALY...SCOTT STATE LAKE...AMY...MANNING...
GRIGSTON AND SHALLOW WATER.

LAT...LON 3870 10049 3827 10034 3826 10101 3870 10104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 345DEG 27KT 3868 10080

GERARD
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
138 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

KSZ043-044-062-063-280730-
FINNEY KS-SCOTT KS-KEARNY KS-LANE KS-
138 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FINNEY...KEARNY...
SCOTT...AND LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...

AT 136 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF SHIELDS TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF
LEOTI. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARDEN CITY...SCOTT CITY...LAKIN...HOLCOMB...DIGHTON...DEERFIELD...
ALAMOTA...HEALY...MODOC...AMY...FRIEND...SHALLOW WATER...SHIELDS...
KALVESTA...MANNING AND GRIGSTON.

LAT...LON 3826 10154 3826 10113 3855 10113 3870 10059
      3870 10036 3842 10024 3803 10023 3800 10030
      3800 10065 3785 10068 3774 10143 3810 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 335DEG 32KT 3859 10044 3822 10148

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:54 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 28, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane, Scott64 min
Jul 28, 1:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott52 min
Jul 28, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman59 min
Jul 28, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis27 min

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Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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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.