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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 6:01 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2016, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Lane County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 6:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 N Shields, KS | . |
| Aug 4, 6:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Shields, KS | . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
445 WWUS83 KDDC 042301 SPSDDC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 601 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 KSZ044-045-050000- NESS KS-LANE KS- 601 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 601 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHIELDS...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DIGHTON...SHIELDS AND PENDENNIS. LAT...LON 3870 10015 3846 10027 3849 10049 3870 10049 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 191DEG 6KT 3855 10037 $$ JJOHNSON
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 Aug 4, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 minute before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 600 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...Updated Aviation... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday) Issued at 312 PM CDT Thu Aug 4 2016 For tonight, very weak upper level winds and weak shear will support only marginally pulse type severe storms with best threat of a few strong winds of 50 to 60 mph reports and small hail. A cold front will slowly drift southward across much of western Kansas tonight with the highest rainfall chances north of Dodge City and up around Syracuse to Hays. Rainfall estimates could exceed an inch or two in that area of best isentropic lift north of the cold front. Will graduate rainfall chances lower south of that area. Overnight lows will be the upper 60s to around 75 at Medicine Lodge. The front will shift south winds of 20 mph around to the north and northeast at 10 to 20 mph. For Friday, the cold front will be near or just south of Medicine Lodge with a continued small chances for showers and thunderstorms with mostly cloudy skies. Highs will be only around 80 from Scott City to Hays, mid to upper 80s in the Dodge City area, and low to mid 90s along the Oklahoma border and into parts of south central Kansas. Winds will be northeast at 10 to 20 mph. .LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday) Issued at 312 PM CDT Thu Aug 4 2016 For Friday night into Sunday, the cold front begins to lift back north into parts of southwest Kansas by Saturday afternoon with a continued small chances for showers and thunderstorms. Highs warm back into the mid 90s south of the front with mid 80s north. For the period of Monday into next Thursday, some weak warmer upper level ridging moves into the Central Plains with little to no rainfall chances. Highs warm into the mid to upper 90s and lows around 70 to 75. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening) Issued at 600 PM CDT Thu Aug 4 2016 Scattered thunderstorms will continue across SW KS this evening and through Friday morning, as a cold front slides slowly southward through a very moist atmosphere. Convection will be slow-moving and capable of very heavy rainfall, with associated temporary IFR cigs/vis. VCTS obviously warranted, but TEMPOs will become necessary pending any terminal impacts. Cold front will make steady progess southward through the airports by 12z Friday, with prevailing winds becoming NE outside of convection. Areas of post frontal stratus expected around sunrise Friday, with cigs possibly MVFR at times. NE winds and broken clouds will continue Friday in the postfrontal airmass. NAM model suggests convection may try to redevelop mainly east of DDC after 18z Fri. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 70 88 67 92 / 60 20 30 20 GCK 67 84 65 88 / 60 30 30 30 EHA 66 88 65 93 / 60 30 50 30 LBL 70 91 67 95 / 60 20 40 20 HYS 65 80 64 82 / 70 40 50 40 P28 74 94 71 96 / 40 20 20 20 && .DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Kruse LONG TERM...Kruse AVIATION...Turner
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 2:21 AM CDT, 15 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 221 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-050730- 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- 221 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 /121 AM MDT THU AUG 4 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH THE HIGHEST COVERAGE FROM ELKHART TO ROZEL AND NORTHWARD. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 1 TO 2" AND EVEN ISOLATED MICROBURSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF STORMS EACH DAY, HOWEVER, THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION MIGHT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 4, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
500 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM TSTM WND DMG HOWELL 37.78N 100.18W
08/04/2016 FORD KS COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL 10 TO 12 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN.
&&
FKLocal storm report, Aug 4, 5:04 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
504 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0452 PM TSTM WND DMG HOWELL 37.78N 100.18W
08/04/2016 FORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER POLE DOWN.
&&
FKSpecial weather statement, Aug 4, 5:16 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 516 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 KSZ044-045-063-064-042315- FINNEY KS-NESS KS-LANE KS-HODGEMAN KS- 516 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY... SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 516 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF KALVESTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHEASTERN LANE...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3810 10015 3824 10034 3844 10019 3817 9988 TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 233DEG 10KT 3822 10014 JJOHNSON
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:41 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 541 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 KSZ030-042345- TREGO KS- 541 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 541 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLLYER. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLLYER AND VODA. LAT...LON 3889 9995 3889 10015 3913 10015 3913 9994 TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 282DEG 2KT 3902 10016 JJOHNSON
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 600 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 KSZ061-062-042345- KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS- 600 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT/545 PM MDT/... AT 559 PM CDT/459 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3826 10174 3826 10150 3813 10150 3813 10176 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 191DEG 6KT 3825 10158 JJOHNSON
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 601 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 KSZ044-045-050000- NESS KS-LANE KS- 601 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN TREGO...NORTHEASTERN LANE AND NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 601 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHIELDS...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DIGHTON...SHIELDS AND PENDENNIS. LAT...LON 3870 10015 3846 10027 3849 10049 3870 10049 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 191DEG 6KT 3855 10037 JJOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 64 min |
| Aug 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 58 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.