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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2016, 12:06 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 30, 2016, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2016, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 30, 9:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 9:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 4:43 AM CDT, 7 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 443 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-311000- 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- 443 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016 /343 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTD ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. DISCUSSION...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND PERIOD. AT THIS TIME SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... WEDNESDAY... ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. THURSDAY... ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 12:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1206 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016 KSZ088-301745- CLARK KS- 1206 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... AT 1205 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ASHLAND AND CLARK STATE LAKE. 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 3712 9978 3716 10000 3743 9989 3736 9955 TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 207DEG 10KT 3725 9983 TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 56 min |
| Aug 30, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 5:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 3 hr |
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.