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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2017, 3:02 AM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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
- Apr 1, 2017, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -443 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Apr 1, 1:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 1:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 1, 2:11 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 302 AM CDT SAT APR 1 2017 KSZ077-078-087-088-010900- Gray KS-Meade KS-Clark KS-Ford KS- 302 AM CDT SAT APR 1 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN FORD...MEADE... SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT... At 301 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 3 miles west of Fowler, or 8 miles northeast of Meade, moving northeast at 35 mph. Another strong storm was located near Meade State Lake, which was also moving northeast at 35 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Dodge City, Meade, Montezuma, Minneola, Fowler, Ford, Ensign, Fort Dodge, Wright, Bloom, Kingsdown, Missler, Windhorst, Meade State Lake, Willroads Garden, Dodge City Regional Airport, Boot Hill Casino, The Haggard Elevator, Big Basin Preserve and The Hobart Elevator. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 3777 10047 3779 9956 3701 10002 3701 10062 TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 223DEG 32KT 3739 10026 UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward | 64 min |
| Apr 1, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 39 min |
| Apr 1, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 33 min |
Nearby
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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.