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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 1, 2017Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2017, 8:43 AM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 8:43 AM CDT (13:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2017, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 338 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2017-04-01Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2017-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 1, 7:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 7:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 1, 3:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
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

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Special weather statement, Apr 1, 8:43 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade, Seward64 min
Apr 1, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray, Meade58 min
Apr 1, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade39 min
Apr 1, 9:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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.