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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2017, 7:21 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2017, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2017, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 8 Nnw Arnold, KS | |
| May 31, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 N Arnold, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
720
WWUS83 KDDC 010021
SPSDDC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
721 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2017
KSZ030-045-010045-
Trego KS-Ness KS-
721 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN NESS AND
SOUTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
At 721 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles north of Utica, or 18 miles south of Quinter, moving east at 30
mph.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Ransom, Arnold and Trego Center.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3857 9981 3868 10024 3870 10024 3870 10015
3891 10015 3896 9981
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 273DEG 28KT 3880 10019
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 37 min |
| May 31, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.