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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2017, 12:53 AM CDT for Gray County, Meade 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 11, 2017, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2017, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
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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 11, 12:47 AM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 12:47 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 240 PM CDT Wed May 10 2017 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-111100- 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- 240 PM CDT Wed May 10 2017 /140 PM MDT Wed May 10 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south central...southwest and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Day 1 Discussion ---------------- Strong to severe thunderstorms will develop late this afternoon and evening ahead of a strong upper level low pressure system approaching across the Desert Southwest. The primary threats will be quarter to golf ball size hail with an isolated chance for up to tennis ball size hail and damaging winds in excess of 70 mph. There is a limited risk for isolated tornadoes, particularly more toward south central Kansas. The main threat will transition to potential flooding later this evening through the overnight hours as heavy rainfall is expected near and along a cold front as it moves southward across western Kansas. The best chance for excessive rainfall will be along and north of the Arkansas River. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Tornado: Limited risk * Hail: Elevated risk * Thunderstorm wind damage: Elevated risk * Flooding: Elevated risk * Lightning: Significant risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Thunderstorms will be possible again early next week. However, it is too early to determine severe potential. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Thursday - Lightning: Significant risk * Friday No hazards. * Saturday No hazards. * Sunday No hazards. * Monday - Lightning: Limited risk * Tuesday - Lightning: Limited risk .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is likely late this afternoon through tonight across much of southwest and central Kansas. && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo 32
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 11:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1117 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017
KSZ045-064-065-110445-
Hodgeman KS-Pawnee KS-Ness KS-
1117 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN NESS...NORTHEASTERN
HODGEMAN...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL
1145 PM CDT...
At 1113 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles northwest of Gray, or 14 miles northeast of Jetmore, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Hanston.
LAT...LON 3837 9959 3835 9958 3835 9954 3810 9972
3817 9993 3845 9981
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 200DEG 19KT 3827 9977
ReynoldsSpecial weather statement, May 10, 11:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1118 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017 KSZ085-086-110515- Seward KS-Stevens KS- 1118 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SEWARD...SOUTHERN GRANT AND STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... At 1118 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles northwest of Hooker, or 17 miles south of Hugoton, moving northeast at 40 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Liberal, Hugoton, Moscow, Hayne, Cave, Woods and Arkalon Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3700 10140 3739 10134 3735 10068 3700 10084 TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 202DEG 34KT 3693 10129 RBURG
Local storm report, May 10, 11:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1129 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 PM HAIL 9 W JETMORE 38.07N 100.05W
05/10/2017 E1.00 INCH HODGEMAN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
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LCRSpecial weather statement, May 11, 12:10 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 54 min |
| May 10, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 25 min |
| May 10, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 26 min |
| May 10, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott | 63 min |
| May 10, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 37 min |
| May 10, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 65 min |
| May 10, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 62 min |
| May 10, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 40 min |
| May 10, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Ness | 29 min |
| May 10, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 44 min |
| May 10, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 41 min |
| May 10, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 50 min |
| May 10, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 45 min |
| May 10, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 49 min |
| May 10, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 28 min |
| May 10, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 57 min |
| May 10, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 45 min |
| May 11, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 50 min |
| May 11, 12:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 41 min |
| May 11, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade | 39 min |
| May 11, 3:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 53 min |
| May 11, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 67 min |
| May 11, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 51 min |
| May 11, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 52 min |
| May 11, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 24 min |
| May 11, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 67 min |
| May 11, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 24 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.