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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 19, 2020Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2020, 3:37 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2020, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2020, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 12:00Z on 2020-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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 12:00Z on 2020-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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 Apr 19, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 2:41 AM CDT, 12 hours 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
241 AM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-201000-
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-
241 AM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020 /141 AM MDT Sun Apr 19 2020/

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 chance for thunderstorms late today and tonight.
These storms are not expected to be severe but frequent cloud to
ground lightning will be possible from a few of these storms.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Lightning: Limited risk
* Fire weather: Elevated risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

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

The chance for thunderstorms will be on the increase from Monday
night through Wednesday. At this time severe thunderstorms are
not anticipated but some of these storms Tuesday and Wednesday
will be capable of producing brief periods of moderate to heavy
rainfall, especially near the Oklahoma border.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Monday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Fire weather: Elevated risk

* Tuesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Wednesday
  - Lightning: Limited risk

* Thursday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Fire weather: Elevated risk

* Friday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Fire weather: Elevated risk

* Saturday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Fire weather: Elevated risk

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

For more details visit our webpage
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ddc

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:20 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
320 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

KSZ065-079-192100-
Pawnee KS-Edwards KS-
320 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE AND CENTRAL
EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

At 319 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of Garfield, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Penny size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lewis, Garfield, Belpre, Fellsburg and Centerview.

LAT...LON 3778 9910 3774 9931 3806 9946 3810 9930
      3794 9902 3791 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 307DEG 17KT 3804 9937

UMSCHEID
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
337 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

KSZ078>080-192115-
Kiowa KS-Edwards KS-Ford KS-
337 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN FORD...NORTHWESTERN KIOWA
AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

At 337 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bellefont, moving southeast at 15 mph.

Penny size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bucklin, Greensburg, Spearville, Mullinville, Ford, Bellefont and
Windhorst.

LAT...LON 3790 9986 3789 9957 3761 9929 3752 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 320DEG 13KT 3783 9968

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman66 min
Apr 18, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord45 min
Apr 18, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Meade52 min
Apr 18, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego46 min
Apr 18, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade52 min
Apr 18, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark52 min
Apr 18, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa46 min
Apr 19, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt39 min
Apr 19, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards40 min
Apr 19, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa50 min
Apr 19, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa46 min
Apr 19, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa49 min
Apr 19, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Comanche59 min
Apr 19, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.