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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2017, 12:30 AM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 2017, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2017, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 31, 12:23 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:23 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 241 AM CDT Tue May 30 2017 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-310745- 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- 241 AM CDT Tue May 30 2017 /141 AM MDT Tue May 30 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 ---------------- A slight chance of thunderstorms will be possible across central and far western Kansas late this afternoon into the evening hours. These storms do not look to be severe at this time. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Lightning: Limited risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- A slight chance of storms will be possible each day. As of now these storms do not look to be severe. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Wednesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk * Thursday - Lightning: Limited risk * Friday - Lightning: Elevated risk * Saturday - Lightning: Limited risk * Sunday - Lightning: Limited risk * Monday - Lightning: Limited risk .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 30, 7:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
737 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2017
KSZ074-084-310130-
Stanton KS-Morton KS-
737 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MORTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
STANTON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
At 737 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles west of Richfield, or 20 miles north of Elkhart, moving east at
20 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Rolla and Richfield.
LAT...LON 3744 10204 3742 10186 3738 10156 3709 10156
3725 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 287DEG 18KT 3729 10194
ReynoldsSpecial weather statement, May 30, 9:30 PM CDT, 3 hours before
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 53 min |
| May 30, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 16 min |
| May 30, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 60 min |
| May 30, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 65 min |
| May 31, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 61 min |
| May 31, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 35 min |
| May 31, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 33 min |
| May 31, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 25 min |
| May 31, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 64 min |
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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.