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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 11, 2017Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2017, 3:37 AM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 11, 2017, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2017, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2017-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1146 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 2017-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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 11, 3:21 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 3:21 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 2:40 PM CDT, 12 hours 57 minutes before
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.

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For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 11:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 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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Special weather statement, May 11, 12:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 11, 3:37 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 10, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark54 min
May 10, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa25 min
May 10, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton26 min
May 10, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott63 min
May 10, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton37 min
May 10, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton65 min
May 10, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott62 min
May 10, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford40 min
May 10, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness29 min
May 10, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott44 min
May 10, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny41 min
May 10, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane50 min
May 10, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott45 min
May 10, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane49 min
May 10, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman28 min
May 10, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward, Stevens57 min
May 10, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens45 min
May 11, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward50 min
May 11, 12:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade41 min
May 11, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray, Meade52 min
May 11, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade39 min
May 11, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber67 min
May 11, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber51 min
May 11, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber52 min
May 11, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber24 min
May 11, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche67 min
May 11, 4:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCTrego24 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.