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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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, 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 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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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Wichita | 38 min |
| May 30, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Trego | 38 min |
| May 30, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 43 min |
| May 30, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 40 min |
| May 30, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| May 30, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 48 min |
| May 30, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 24 min |
| May 30, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 41 min |
| May 30, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 47 min |
| May 30, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 43 min |
| May 30, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 38 min |
| May 30, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| May 30, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 48 min |
| May 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 45 min |
| May 30, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 42 min |
| May 30, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 39 min |
| May 30, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 48 min |
| May 31, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 45 min |
| May 31, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 52 min |
| May 31, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 39 min |
| May 31, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 49 min |
| May 31, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 44 min |
| May 31, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 44 min |
| May 31, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 39 min |
| May 31, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 49 min |
| May 31, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 43 min |
| May 31, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 44 min |
| May 31, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 41 min |
| May 31, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 41 min |
| May 31, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 51 min |
| May 31, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 44 min |
| May 31, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 38 min |
| May 31, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 41 min |
| May 31, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 47 min |
| May 31, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark, Meade, Seward | 44 min |
| May 31, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 49 min |
| May 31, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 47 min |
| May 31, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 64 min |
| May 31, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 64 min |
| May 31, 5:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Haskell | 3 hr |
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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.