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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2015, 10:05 PM CDT for Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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 31, 2015, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 May 31, 6:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 600 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ...UPDATED AVIATION... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 120 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015 SHORT RANGE MODELS INDICATE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT AND FURTHER EAST INTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS MONDAY. AS THE RIDGE APPROACHES, AN H5 VORT MAXIMA IS PROJECTED TO CREST THE RIDGE AXIS ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO LATE TONIGHT BEFORE DROPPING SOUTHEAST INTO THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS. ALTHOUGH THE FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN FAIRLY WEAK, ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT IN THE LOW/MID LEVELS TO PROVIDE MODEST INSTABILITY WITH MUCAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 500 J/KG. ALONG WITH THE HELP OF A SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OFF THE FRONT RANGE THIS EVENING AS THE H5 VORT MAXIMA KICKS OUT OF THE ROCKIES. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD DRIFT INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER, THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS IS LOW. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER TONIGHT AS A PREVAILING SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW DRAWS SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. ESPECIALLY WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S(F), LOOK FOR LOWS TONIGHT DOWN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S(F) ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE PREVAILING SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW WARMER AIR NORTHWARD INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON RAISING H85 TEMPERATURES UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS(C) ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TO NEAR 25C OUT BY THE COLORADO BORDER. SHOULD SEE HIGHS UP INTO THE UPPER 70S(F) ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WITH WIDESPREAD 80S(F) ELSEWHERE. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 337 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015 A WARMING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY WITH REINFORCING RIDGING ON THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS 850MB WARM ADVECTION MOVES ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND AS A LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES WITH INCREASING DEWPOINTS. SOME STRATUS IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALMOST EVERY MORNING INTO THE WEEKEND WITH LIGHT UPSLOPE FLOW AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS ARE ALSO FORECAST TO RIDE THE RIDGE TO OUR NORTH THEN MAY MOVE SOUTHWARD ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND WARM NOSE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR MEASURABLE RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EXTENDED PERIOD WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA, OR THE I-70 CORRIDOR. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD AND IN THE LOW TO MID 60S, WITH HIGHS FROM THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 600 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015 CIGS SHOULD BE PRIMARILY VFR THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. THERE WILL BE SOME 050 CUMULUS CLOUDS THIS EVENING. A 20-30 KT LOW LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND COULD LEAD TO MORE CLOUDS (050-100), BUT CIGS WILL OBVIOUSLY BE VFR. THE HRRR/ARW SHOWS SMALL SHOWERS AND PSBL TSTMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LLJ. AS A RESULT, WILL INSERT VCTS/CB GROUPS FOR KHYS AT 09Z. CONFIDENCE IS NOT THAT GREAT AS OTHER MODELS ARE CONVECTION FREE. WILL MONITOR. WINDS WILL BE SE/S 10-20 KT THROUGH THE TAF DOMAIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH CONTINUED LEE TROUGHING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 55 80 62 85 / 20 10 20 10 GCK 55 82 62 87 / 20 0 20 10 EHA 58 88 58 90 / 20 0 20 10 LBL 57 83 62 87 / 20 0 20 10 HYS 53 78 61 84 / 20 20 20 10 P28 55 78 62 84 / 20 20 10 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...JJOHNSON LONG TERM...KRUSE AVIATION...SUGDEN
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:36 AM CDT, 17 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 436 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-010945- 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- 436 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TO MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT NEAR HIGHWAY 183. THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. DISCUSSION...A MID LEVEL WARM POOL WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN KANSAS MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO INITIATE NEARLY EVERY DAY ALONG THE NORTH EDGE OF THE WARM POOL AND TO GROW INTO ORGANIZED CLUSTERS AT NIGHT. NORTHERN KANSAS IS MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS. HAIL LARGER THAN QUARTERS MAY OCCUR AS THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP, BUT HIGH WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BECOME PRIMARY THREATS DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... MONDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. WEDNESDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. THURSDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 5 PM NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 9:28 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 928 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015 KSZ061-062-074-010315- KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-STANTON KS- 928 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAMILTON...NORTH CENTRAL STANTON AND SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT/915 PM MDT/... AT 927 PM CDT /827 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF SYRACUSE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SYRACUSE AND KENDALL. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3796 10196 3816 10180 3783 10131 3764 10183 TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 312DEG 24KT 3800 10184 UMSCHEID
Special weather statement, May 31, 9:34 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
934 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015
KSZ061-062-010330-
KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-
934 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON...WESTERN
FINNEY AND KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT/930 PM MDT/...
AT 934 PM CDT /834 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTH OF SELKIRK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKIN.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3826 10170 3826 10111 3809 10110 3783 10131
3816 10180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 312DEG 23KT 3826 10159
UMSCHEIDLocal storm report, May 31, 9:49 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
949 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0938 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NNE SYRACUSE 37.99N 101.75W
05/31/2015 M51 MPH HAMILTON KS AWOS
THE WAS RECORDED AT THE SYRACUSE AIRPORT.
&&
JLSpecial weather statement, May 31, 10:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1005 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015
KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-010400-
KEARNY KS-HAMILTON KS-GRANT KS-MORTON KS-STEVENS KS-STANTON KS-
1005 PM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN GRANT...NORTHWESTERN
STEVENS...SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON...STANTON...NORTHERN MORTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT/1000 PM MDT/...
AT 1005 PM CDT /905 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF
KENDALL TO 10 MILES NORTH OF JOHNSON CITY TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE
SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ULYSSES...JOHNSON CITY...MANTER...KENDALL...RICHFIELD...BIG BOW AND
THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3767 10204 3779 10179 3813 10151 3772 10133
3746 10137 3719 10171 3709 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 347DEG 23KT 3801 10155 3773 10177 3754 10215
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 47 min |
| May 31, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 56 min |
| May 31, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 64 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.