Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 4:58 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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
- Aug 2, 2016, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Lane County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
902 WWUS83 KDDC 022158 SPSDDC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 458 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 KSZ044-022300- LANE KS- 458 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LANE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 457 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DIGHTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DIGHTON AND SHIELDS. 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. && LAT...LON 3854 10060 3864 10046 3850 10031 3839 10049 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 319DEG 8KT 3852 10049 $$ TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 12 min |
| Aug 2, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 34 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.