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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 30, 2017Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2017, 3:30 AM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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 30, 2017, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2017, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2017-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2063 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2017-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
2063 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.2

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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 Jun 30, 3:15 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:15 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 4:26 AM CDT, 23 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
426 AM CDT Thu Jun 29 2017

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-300930-
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-
426 AM CDT Thu Jun 29 2017 /326 AM MDT Thu Jun 29 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
----------------

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across central and
eastern portions of southwest Kansas this evening. The main threat
will be golf ball to tennis ball size hail and damaging winds in
excess of 60 mph.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Hail: Elevated risk
* Thunderstorm wind damage: Elevated risk
* Lightning: Elevated risk
* Excessive heat: Limited risk

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

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------

Strong to marginally severe thunderstorms will be possible Friday
with the potential for up to quarter size hail and wind gusts
upward of 60 mph. Thunderstorms will then be possible nearly each
day through the early part of next week. However, the potential
for severe weather is low.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Friday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Elevated risk

* Saturday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Sunday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Monday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Tuesday
  No hazards.

* Wednesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this evening, mainly east of a
Garden City to Ashland line.

&&

For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:30 AM CDT, 3 hours before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton59 min
Jun 29, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton46 min
Jun 29, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton46 min
Jun 29, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego54 min
Jun 29, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton, Stevens57 min
Jun 29, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton, Stevens52 min
Jun 29, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton68 min
Jun 29, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt42 min
Jun 29, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade59 min
Jun 29, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt47 min
Jun 29, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa11 min
Jun 29, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche46 min
Jun 29, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt24 min
Jun 29, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt24 min
Jun 30, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche48 min
Jun 30, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa, Pratt60 min
Jun 30, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber46 min
Jun 30, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford46 min
Jun 30, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche54 min
Jun 30, 2:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber58 min
Jun 30, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark63 min
Jun 30, 2:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche52 min
Jun 30, 3:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche59 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.