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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 6:13 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Scott County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
482 WWUS83 KDDC 022313 SPSDDC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 613 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 KSZ043-044-030000- SCOTT KS-LANE KS- 613 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 612 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANNING...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MANNING. 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 3870 10056 3845 10075 3860 10095 3870 10083 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 055DEG 4KT 3861 10078 $$ 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, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 62 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, 6:19 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.