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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 27, 2017, 9:03 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 27, 2017, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 788 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 27, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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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, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 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
TatroSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 4:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 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
Local storm report, Apr 27, 6:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 903 PM CDT THU APR 27 2017 KSZ043-280300- Scott KS- 903 PM CDT THU APR 27 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... At 900 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 3 miles east of Modoc, or 5 miles west of Scott City, moving east at 30 mph. Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Scott City, Modoc, Grigston, Shallow Water, Pence, Manning, Scott State Lake and The Tractor Elevator. LAT...LON 3870 10069 3827 10069 3827 10112 3870 10112 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 270DEG 60KT 3849 10102 TATRO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 2:56 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:35 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 54 hr |
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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.