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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2020, 11:13 AM CDT for Edwards 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
- May 7, 2020, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Edwards County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 617 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 962 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 May 7, 4:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 4:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 217 AM CDT Thu May 7 2020 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-080730- 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- 217 AM CDT Thu May 7 2020 /117 AM MDT Thu May 7 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 ---------------- Isolated thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon and this evening across the far southeast zones. Any storms are most likely southeast of a Coldwater-St. John line. Any storm that does develop may produce marginally severe hail. Very strong north winds are expected tonight and early Friday behind a cold front. Winds gusts to near 50 mph are expected. Day 1 Hazards ------------- * Lightning: Limited risk * Non-thunderstorm wind: Limited risk .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Days 2-7 Discussion ------------------- Strong north winds will diminish early Friday. Temperatures will fall into the upper 30s Saturday morning. Southeast winds by sunrise Saturday are expected to preclude widespread frost/freeze concerns. Days 2-7 Hazards ---------------- * Friday - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk * Saturday - Frost: Limited risk * Sunday No hazards. * Monday - Lightning: Limited risk * Tuesday - Lightning: Limited risk * Wednesday - Lightning: Limited risk .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Limited spotter activation is possible across the southeast zones Thursday afternoon and evening. && For more details visit our webpage https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ddc Turner
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 7, 11:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 39 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.