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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2017, 4:22 AM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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 19, 2017, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2017, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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 123 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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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 19, 3:27 AM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:27 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 334 AM CDT Fri May 19 2017 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-200845- 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- 334 AM CDT Fri May 19 2017 /234 AM MDT Fri May 19 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south central...southwest and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Day 1 Discussion ---------------- Scattered thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon into tonight, mainly across central and south central Kansas. In addition, a few strong to marginally severe storms will be possible across south central Kansas this evening. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Hail: Elevated risk * Thunderstorm wind damage: Elevated risk * Flooding: Elevated risk * Lightning: Significant risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- A chance of thunderstorms will be possible Sunday night through Monday. These storms do not look to be severe at this time. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Saturday No hazards. * Sunday - Lightning: Limited risk * Monday - Lightning: Limited risk * Tuesday No hazards. * Wednesday No hazards. * Thursday No hazards. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 4:22 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 49 min |
| May 19, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 36 min |
| May 19, 5:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 44 min |
| May 19, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 50 min |
| May 19, 12:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 12 hr |
| May 19, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 31 min |
| May 19, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 29 min |
| May 19, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 28 min |
| May 19, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 62 min |
| May 19, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 59 min |
| May 19, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 61 min |
| May 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 40 min |
| May 19, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 16 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.