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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 31, 2016Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2016, 4:23 AM CDT for Haskell 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 31, 2016, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2016-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 731 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 2016-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 31, 3:53 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:53 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 5:09 AM CDT, 23 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
509 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-311000-
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-
509 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2016 /409 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
EASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE
EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS
ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. SOME LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS LATER IN THE EVENING.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD
FRONT ON TUESDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN.

HAZARDS WEATHER RISK...

  TUESDAY...
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.

  WEDNESDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

  THURSDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  FRIDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  SATURDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  SUNDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS AROUND GENERALLY WEST OF A HAYS TO
JOHNSON LINE.

&&

FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO

GERARD

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Special weather statement, May 31, 4:23 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCWichita38 min
May 30, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane, Trego38 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott43 min
May 30, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny40 min
May 30, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton45 min
May 30, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego48 min
May 30, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny24 min
May 30, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny41 min
May 30, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny47 min
May 30, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis43 min
May 30, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny38 min
May 30, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis47 min
May 30, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney48 min
May 30, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney45 min
May 30, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant42 min
May 30, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny39 min
May 30, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell48 min
May 31, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray45 min
May 31, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman52 min
May 31, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray39 min
May 31, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant49 min
May 31, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell44 min
May 31, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray44 min
May 31, 12:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton39 min
May 31, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord49 min
May 31, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell43 min
May 31, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord44 min
May 31, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord41 min
May 31, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman41 min
May 31, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade51 min
May 31, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade44 min
May 31, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards38 min
May 31, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark41 min
May 31, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Kiowa47 min
May 31, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Meade, Seward44 min
May 31, 2:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Pratt49 min
May 31, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche47 min
May 31, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton64 min
May 31, 3:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche64 min
May 31, 5:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCHaskell3 hr

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