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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 1, 2019Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2019, 4:28 AM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 1, 2019, 4:28 AM CDT (09:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2019, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2019-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 2019-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 1, 1:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
258 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2019

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-020800-
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-
258 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2019 /158 AM MDT Sat Jun 1 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
----------------

Slight risk for severe weather is expected today between 4 and 10
pm. Main threats will be hail up to the size of golf balls and
damaging winds 60 mph or greater.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Tornado: Limited risk
* Hail: Elevated risk
* Thunderstorm wind damage: Elevated risk
* Lightning: Limited risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Days 2-7 Discussion
-------------------

Severe weather could be possible again Sunday night into Monday
morning with hail, wind, and flooding rains possible. Storms will
be possible through Friday with more chances of severe storms and
flash flooding.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Sunday
  - Flooding: Limited risk
  - Lightning: Elevated risk
  - Severe thunderstorm: Elevated risk

* Monday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Tuesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Wednesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Thursday
  - Lightning: Elevated risk

* Friday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed from 4 to 10 PM today mainly
along and south of K-96.

&&

For more details visit our webpage http://weather.gov/ddc/ehwo

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:28 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
428 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2019

KSZ061-074-011015-
Stanton KS-Hamilton KS-
428 AM CDT Sat Jun 1 2019

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 428 AM CDT/328 AM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 14 miles north of Manter, moving east at 25 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Johnson City.

LAT...LON 3781 10204 3784 10158 3754 10159 3763 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 273DEG 21KT 3772 10197

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens36 min
Jun 1, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny43 min
Jun 1, 4:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton24 min
Jun 1, 5:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton33 min
Jun 1, 5:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny47 min
Jun 1, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray45 min
Jun 1, 5:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant39 min
Jun 1, 5:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray48 min
Jun 1, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray53 min
Jun 1, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell46 min
Jun 1, 6:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Stevens57 min
Jun 1, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade46 min
Jun 1, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray42 min
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray30 min
Jun 1, 7:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward26 min
Jun 1, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade49 min
Jun 1, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell34 min
Jun 1, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade29 min
Jun 1, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Gray, Meade44 min
Jun 1, 8:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark24 min
Jun 1, 8:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Ford, Gray, Meade60 min
Jun 1, 9:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Comanche, Meade63 min
Jun 1, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell52 min
Jun 1, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Seward55 min
Jun 1, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens46 min
Jun 1, 6:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHaskell3 hr
Jun 1, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton47 min

Nearby

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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.