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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2017, 1:27 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
- Jun 15, 2017, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2017, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 3017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jun 15, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 431 AM CDT Thu Jun 15 2017 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-160945- 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- 431 AM CDT Thu Jun 15 2017 /331 AM MDT Thu Jun 15 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 ---------------- A weak surface trough will be the focus for a few severe thunderstorm to develop as early as mid afternoon, generally along the K-96 corridor, and expanding east/southeast in the evening. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Tornado: Limited risk * Hail: Significant risk * Thunderstorm wind damage: Elevated risk * Flooding: Limited risk * Lightning: Limited risk * Excessive heat: Limited risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- The favored area for thunderstorm chances on Friday is through the I-70 corridor (Wakeeney/Hays/LaCrosse areas). A cold front will move into the area late Saturday. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Friday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Saturday - Lightning: Limited risk - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Elevated risk * Sunday No hazards. * Monday No hazards. * Tuesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk * Wednesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
127 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017
KSZ030-031-151930-
Trego KS-Ellis KS-
127 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL TREGO AND ELLIS COUNTIES
UNTIL 230 PM CDT...
At 127 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near Riga, or 12 miles southeast of Wakeeney, moving east at 25 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Hays, Wakeeney, Ellis, Victoria, Catherine, Ogallah, Walker, Munjor,
Emmeram, Voda, Yocemento, Toulon, Trego Center, Riga, Turkville and
Hays Regional Airport.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
central and west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3877 9904 3885 10015 3902 10015 3913 9955
3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 267DEG 24KT 3895 9968
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 16 min |
| Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 20 min |
| Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 17 min |
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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.