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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 18, 2013Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2013, 11:23 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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: May 18, 2013, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2013, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Comanche County, KS

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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 May 18, 10:27 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 10:27 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 1:29 PM CDT, 9 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
129 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-191830-
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-
129 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 /1229 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD
OF AN ADVANCING DRYLINE. TENNIS TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS. THE
THREAT FOR TORNADOES INCREASES TOWARD SUNSET AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR
INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY. AN ISOLATED LONG-LIVED TORNADO WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST SUPERCELL STORM DURING THE MID TO LATE
EVENING HOURS.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS, GENERALLY EAST OF
A WAKEENEY TO MEADE LINE. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS WELL,
BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVIATION IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. MAINLY EAST OF A SCOTT CITY TO LIBERAL LINE.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 7:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
754 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0748 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W ROZEL               38.20N 99.44W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO DAMAGE. ONE HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED, ROOF AND
            WALLS GONE. THE 2 RESIDENTS WERE O.K. THE LOCATION IS 2
            MILES WEST OF ROZEL ON HIGHWAY 156.

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, May 18, 8:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
804 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0756 PM     TORNADO          4 NNE SANFORD           38.22N 99.28W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   STORM CHASER

            THE CHASER HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CELL FOR QUITE SOME
            TIME. THE TORNADO HAD LIFTED, BUT TOUCHED BACK DOWN AT
            THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, May 18, 8:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
815 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0748 PM     TORNADO          2 W ROZEL               38.20N 99.44W
05/18/2013                   PAWNEE             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO DAMAGE. ONE HOUSE NEARLY DESTROYED, ROOF AND
            WALLS GONE. THE 2 RESIDENTS WERE O.K. THE LOCATION IS 2
            MILES WEST OF ROZEL ON HIGHWAY 156.

&&

BURKE

Special weather statement, May 18, 8:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 8:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 11:23 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	42 min
May 18, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	46 min
May 18, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	28 min
May 18, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Ellis	20 min
May 18, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	46 min
May 18, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	33 min
May 18, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	46 min
May 18, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	43 min
May 18, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Pawnee	23 min
May 18, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	49 min
May 18, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	46 min
May 19, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	43 min
May 19, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	62 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	63 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	59 min
May 19, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	41 min
May 19, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	57 min
May 19, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	45 min
May 19, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt, Stafford	46 min
May 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	46 min
May 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.