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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2019, 7:06 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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 4, 2019, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 4, 7:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 7:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 451 AM CDT Sat May 4 2019 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-051000- 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- 451 AM CDT Sat May 4 2019 /351 AM MDT Sat May 4 2019/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south central...southwest and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Day 1 Discussion ---------------- There is a chance of thunderstorms late this afternoon and tonight. The storms during the afternoon and evening could be severe with hail to half dollar size and winds to 60 mph. Isolated instances of golf ball hail can't be ruled out, especially in the southwestern corner of Kansas. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Lightning: Limited risk * Fog: Elevated risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Severe thunderstorms are possible each day through Tuesday. Monday and Tuesday look particularly active with very large hail, damaging winds and possibly even tornadoes. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Sunday - Lightning: Limited risk - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk * Monday - Lightning: Limited risk - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk * Tuesday - Lightning: Elevated risk - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Wednesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Thursday No hazards. * Friday No hazards. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Storm spotters will probably be needed across far western Kansas after 4 pm. && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 4, 4:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
459 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM HAIL 9 N COOLIDGE 38.17N 102.01W
05/04/2019 E1.00 INCH HAMILTON KS PUBLIC
CORRECTION FROM REPORT NORTH OF SYRACUSE.
MEANT TO BE 9N COOLIDGE.
&&Local storm report, May 4, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
541 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0538 PM HAIL SYRACUSE 37.98N 101.76W
05/04/2019 E1.00 INCH HAMILTON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&Special weather statement, May 4, 5:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 544 PM CDT Sat May 4 2019 KSZ084-042315- Morton KS- 544 PM CDT Sat May 4 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... At 543 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles west of Elkhart, moving east at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Elkhart and Wilburton. LAT...LON 3712 10204 3716 10172 3700 10167 3699 10204 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 274DEG 14KT 3702 10210 JJOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 4, 6:10 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 57 min |
| May 5, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 53 min |
| May 5, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 57 min |
| May 5, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 47 min |
| May 5, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 57 min |
| May 5, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 50 min |
| May 5, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray | 46 min |
| May 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 55 min |
| May 5, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 61 min |
| May 5, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 57 min |
| May 5, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 43 min |
| May 5, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 23 min |
| May 5, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 33 min |
| May 5, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 37 min |
| May 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 41 min |
| May 5, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 53 min |
| May 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 36 min |
| May 5, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Meade | 6 hr |
| May 5, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 57 min |
| May 5, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 32 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.