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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 5, 2016Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2016, 8:01 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 5, 2016, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2016-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

474 
WWUS83 KDDC 060101
SPSDDC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
801 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016
 
KSZ061-074-084-060145-
HAMILTON KS-MORTON KS-STANTON KS-
801 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MORTON...
SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT/745 PM
MDT/...

AT 759 PM CDT/659 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF TWO
BUTTES TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF STONINGTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY.

HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY...MANTER...RICHFIELD AND THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3783 10204 3788 10174 3715 10171 3717 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 263DEG 37KT 3772 10222 3718 10220 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton62 min
Aug 5, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton61 min
Aug 5, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton55 min
Aug 5, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.