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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 19, 2017Trego County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2017-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 2017-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 349 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
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

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The text

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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 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, May 19, 3:34 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford49 min
May 19, 4:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego36 min
May 19, 5:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis44 min
May 19, 10:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche50 min
May 19, 12:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCPawnee12 hr
May 19, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman31 min
May 19, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade29 min
May 19, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade28 min
May 19, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess62 min
May 19, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray59 min
May 19, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Hodgeman61 min
May 19, 3:55 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCBarber, Pratt35 min
May 19, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt40 min
May 19, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt16 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.