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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 26, 2016Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 26, 2016, 3:56 AM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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
Oct 26, 2016, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2016-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1037 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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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 Oct 26, 1:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 1:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 4:12 AM CDT, 23 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
412 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-260915-
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-
412 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2016 /312 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DAY 1 DISCUSSION
----------------
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN
AND SOUTHEAST COUNTIES AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF A HAYS-DODGE CITY-
ASHLAND LINE AFTER 7 PM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND
GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS.
AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST AREAS
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

DAY 1 HAZARDS
-------------
* HAIL: LIMITED RISK
* THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE: LIMITED RISK
* LIGHTNING: LIMITED RISK
* FOG: ELEVATED RISK

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

DAYS 2-7 DISCUSSION
-------------------
AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. UNSEASONABLY WARM
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND, WITH RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES MOST LIKELY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

DAYS 2-7 HAZARDS
----------------
* WEDNESDAY
  - FOG: ELEVATED RISK

* THURSDAY
  - FIRE WEATHER: LIMITED RISK

* FRIDAY
  - FIRE WEATHER: LIMITED RISK

* SATURDAY
  NO HAZARDS.

* SUNDAY
  NO HAZARDS.

* MONDAY
  - FIRE WEATHER: LIMITED RISK

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED EAST OF A HAYS-DODGE
CITY-ASHLAND LINE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 25, 10:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman54 min
Oct 25, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Rush42 min
Oct 25, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush45 min
Oct 25, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush63 min
Oct 25, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush51 min
Oct 25, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards53 min
Oct 26, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford64 min
Oct 26, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford20 min

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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.