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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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 $$ TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 49 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.