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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2019, 3:18 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 7, 2019, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2019, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
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 7, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...CORRECTED National Weather Service Dodge City KS 344 AM CDT Tue May 7 2019 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081000- 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- 344 AM CDT Tue May 7 2019 /244 AM MDT Tue May 7 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 ---------------- Scattered rain showers and thunderstorms can be expected early this morning. Briefs moderate to heavy rainfall along with hail up to the size of quarters will be the main hazards early this morning. Severe thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and early tonight. Two inch hail or larger, strong damaging winds, and even a few tornadoes will be possible. Tonight periods of heavy rainfall will be the main hazard and this may result in some flooding issues, especially south of a La Crosse to Jetmore to Meade line. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Tornado: Limited risk * Hail: Elevated risk * Thunderstorm wind damage: Elevated risk * Flooding: Elevated risk * Lightning: Significant risk * Non-thunderstorm wind: Limited risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible on Wednesday. Large hail and strong winds will be the main hazard from the stronger storms. There will be a chance for some frost early Friday morning. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Wednesday - Lightning: Elevated risk - Severe thunderstorm: Limited risk - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Thursday - Lightning: Limited risk * Friday - Lightning: Limited risk * Saturday - Lightning: Limited risk * Sunday No hazards. * Monday - Lightning: Limited risk .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required after 2 pm south of a Johnson to Larned line. && For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo 18
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Special weather statement, May 7, 12:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 50 min |
| May 6, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 61 min |
| May 6, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 18 min |
| May 6, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 50 min |
| May 6, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 54 min |
| May 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 45 min |
| May 6, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 51 min |
| May 6, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 4 hr |
| May 6, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny | 49 min |
| May 6, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 47 min |
| May 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 45 min |
| May 6, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| May 6, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens | 46 min |
| May 6, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Morton | 3 hr |
| May 6, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 31 min |
| May 6, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 30 min |
| May 6, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 3 hr |
| May 6, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 48 min |
| May 6, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane and 1 more | 43 min |
| May 6, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 31 min |
| May 6, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 45 min |
| May 6, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 54 min |
| May 6, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 24 min |
| May 6, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 51 min |
| May 6, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 50 min |
| May 6, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 15 min |
| May 6, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 2 more | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Morton | 104 min |
| May 6, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 2 hr |
| May 6, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 24 min |
| May 6, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 57 min |
| May 6, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 44 min |
| May 6, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 49 min |
| May 6, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 47 min |
| May 6, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 16 min |
| May 7, 12:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 12 hr |
| May 7, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 63 min |
| May 7, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 48 min |
| May 7, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 32 min |
| May 7, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 47 min |
| May 7, 12:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 24 hr |
| May 7, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 33 min |
| May 7, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 35 min |
| May 7, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 28 min |
| May 7, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 26 min |
| May 7, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 27 min |
| May 7, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 24 min |
| May 7, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 37 min |
| May 7, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Clark | 4 hr |
| May 7, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 35 min |
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