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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 4, 2020Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2020, 2:49 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2020, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2020, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 254 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 4, 1:50 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:50 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:23 AM CDT, 10 hours 26 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
423 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-051000-
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-
423 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 /323 AM MDT Thu Jun 4 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 to widely scattered thunderstorms will be possible later
this afternoon and evening. Strong to severe thunderstorms will be
possible with quarter size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph.

Day 1 Hazards
-------------
* Hail: Limited risk
* Thunderstorm wind damage: Limited risk
* Lightning: Limited risk
* Excessive heat: Limited risk

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

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

Temperatures are expected to reach the 100 degree mark on Friday
with the very warm to hot temperatures continuing into the
weekend.

Days 2-7 Hazards
----------------
* Friday
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk

* Saturday
  - Excessive heat: Elevated risk
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk
  - Fire weather: Elevated risk

* Sunday
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk
  - Fire weather: Elevated risk

* Monday
  - Lightning: Limited risk
  - Excessive heat: Limited risk
  - Non thunderstorm wind: Limited risk
  - Fire weather: Elevated risk

* Tuesday
  - Fire weather: Elevated risk

* Wednesday
  No hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports for severe weather may be needed after 4 pm across
parts of central and southwest Kansas.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	46 min
Jun 3, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	37 min
Jun 3, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	51 min
Jun 3, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	45 min
Jun 3, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	52 min
Jun 4, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	46 min
Jun 4, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	45 min
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	45 min
Jun 4, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	50 min
Jun 4, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	52 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	45 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2020 Every special weather statement in 2020

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.