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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 27, 2017Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 27, 2017, 3:40 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2017, 3:40 PM MDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2017, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 253 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-04-27Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 27, 1:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 1:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 6:52 AM MDT, 8 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
752 AM CDT Thu Apr 27 2017

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-281015-
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-
752 AM CDT Thu Apr 27 2017 /652 AM MDT Thu Apr 27 2017/

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 showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop late
this afternoon. A few storms could become severe along a warm
front extending from west central into south central Kansas
Thursday afternoon. Quarter to golf ball size hail and damaging
winds will be the main threats.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Thunderstorm wind damage: Limited risk
* Lightning: Elevated risk
* Fire weather: Limited risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------
A strong spring storm system will impact the central High Plains
by Friday night into the weekend. This storm is expected to
produce significant rainfall across the area. In addition, rain is
expected to mix with or change over to snow over parts of western
Kansas. Snowfall amounts are difficult to tell, especially given
the warm ground temperatures, but some locations near the Colorado
border could see upwards of 2 to 5 inches but locally higher
amounts may be possible in the higher elevations.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Friday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Freeze: Elevated risk
  - Snow: Limited risk

* Saturday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Freeze: Significant risk
  - Snow: Elevated risk

* Sunday
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk
  - Freeze: Significant risk
  - Snow: Limited risk
  - Fire weather: Limited risk

* Monday
  - Freeze: Elevated risk

* Tuesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Wednesday
  - Lightning: Limited 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, Apr 27, 2:50 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
250 PM MDT THU APR 27 2017

KSZ061-272130-
Hamilton KS-
250 PM MDT THU APR 27 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
UNTIL 330 PM MDT...

At 249 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles south of Coolidge, or 15 miles west of Syracuse, moving east at
35 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Syracuse, Coolidge and Medway.

LAT...LON 3807 10204 3813 10172 3794 10166 3790 10204
      3798 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 255DEG 28KT 3797 10203

Tatro
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:40 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
440 PM CDT THU APR 27 2017

KSZ061-062-272230-
Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-
440 PM CDT THU APR 27 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND WEST
CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT/430 PM MDT/...

At 438 PM CDT/338 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 3 miles southwest of Syracuse, moving east at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Syracuse and Kendall.

LAT...LON 3786 10188 3803 10185 3803 10145 3785 10145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 276DEG 18KT 3796 10180

Tatro

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 2:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton40 min
Apr 27, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny66 min
Apr 27, 4:50 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCKearny40 min
Apr 27, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny53 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.