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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2019, 5:19 AM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 21, 2019, 5:19 AM CDT (10:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2019, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 21, 3:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 504 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-221000- 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- 504 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019 /404 AM MDT Fri Jun 21 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 will be a slight chance for thunderstorms again this evening along and north of Highway 96. The biggest threats for severe weather will over far northern Kansas and Nebraska but there is still a small possibility for an isolated severe thunderstorm to occur in that area. Half dollar to golf ball size hail will be possible. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Hail: Limited risk * Thunderstorm wind damage: Limited risk * Lightning: Limited risk * Excessive heat: Limited risk * Non-thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Fire weather: Limited risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible on Saturday afternoon and evening, especially over central and south central Kansas. A frontal boundary will become stationary across tha area. The boundary will interact with a very unstable airmass to bring showers and thunderstorms to that area. Large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes will be possible. In addition, heavy rain is expected and could cause areas of flash flooding. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Saturday - Flooding: Limited risk - Lightning: Elevated risk - Severe thunderstorm: Elevated risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Sunday - Lightning: Limited risk - Severe thunderstorm: Elevated risk * Monday No hazards. * Tuesday - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Wednesday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: Limited risk - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Thursday - Lightning: Limited risk - Excessive heat: 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, Jun 21, 5:19 AM CDT, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 7 more | 40 hr |
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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.