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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2020, 4:29 PM CDT for Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 11, 2020, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2020, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 11, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 149 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2020 ...Updated Short Term and Long Term Discussions... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday) Issued at 129 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2020 The latest models earlier this afternoon are coming into generally good agreement with some widely scattered thunderstorms being possible early this evening along a surface boundary extending from extreme southwest Kansas, Elkhart/Hugoton, to near Dodge City given mid level lapse rates of +8c/km and improving 0-1km moisture convergence. A few of these storms may even be capable of producing wind gusts of 50 mph or a little higher based on the forecast model soundings showing late day inverted V with cloud bases at or above 10000ft and downdraft cape of>1000j/kg. Severe weather however is not anticipated. What storms that do develop after 5 pm this Thursday evening will move southeast and are currently expected to cross the Oklahoma border by 9pm this evening. Will then need to monitor the slight chance for a few isolated early morning thunderstorms near the eastern edge of 10 to 13C 700mb temperature gradient where some 850mb warm air advection will be present along with mid level lapse rages of 7.5c/km or greater. Location of this area of possible convection will be near and east of a Dodge City to Meade line. Friday a surface boundary will be located near the Oklahoma border with models indicating once again late day instability and 0-1km forcing along this boundary. At this time can not rule out a few isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms Friday evening...mainly south and west of a Meade to Sublette line. Highs Friday are expected to be several degrees warmer compared to the highs Thursday afternoon given the 2-4C warmup in 850mb temperatures from 00z Friday to 00z Saturday. Highs in the mid to upper 90s still look on track for southwest Kansas. Northeast of Dodge City the afternoon highs will range from 90 to 95. .LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday) Issued at 129 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2020 Hot and Dry Weekend can be expected across western Kansas this weekend and next week given the forecast 850mb and 700mb temperatures at 00z each day from 00z Sunday through 00z Friday. The upper low forecast yesterday to develop and deepen over the Ohio valley is still forecast to develop late this weekend but it is now forecast to wobble south southeast towards the east coast early next week as the upper ridge axis shifts from the Plains to the Mississippi Valley. As a result the slightly cooler air that might have spread into portions of central Kansas towards mid week no longer will occur. Now the ECMWF and GFS both are in good agreement with 850mb temperatures at 00z each day next week will ranging from around 30 to near 35 across southwest Kansas. As a result several days of highs around 100 degrees are looking more and more likely across western Kansas from Saturday through at Thursday. A southwesterly flow will be present across the Rockies and the Plains late this weekend into early next week. Several upper level disturbances embedded in this flow will cross the west central high plains which will provide an opportunity for thunderstorms along a surface boundary in eastern Colorado each evening from Sunday through possibly Wednesday. At this time it appears that the better opportunity of storms next week will stay west of the Colorado border and northwest of Garden City. Uncertainty is high however on where the boundary will be and the exact track of each of these upper level waves next week so a few isolated evening thunderstorms north and west of Garden CIty can not be completely ruled out. The probability is low enough however so will not to include a mention of thunderstorms in the later period of the forecast just yet. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Friday afternoon) Issued at 1210 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2020 Gusty southwest winds around 20 knots this Thursday afternoon will decrease to 10 knots or less between 21z Thursday and 00z Friday as a surface boundary settles into southwest Kansas. Along this boundary afternoon clouds in the 9000 to 12000ft AGL will be possible along with a few widely scattered thunderstorms. Liberal will be in the most favorable for any isolated storm or two that may develop between 22z Thursday and 02z Friday. Will monitor the Dodge City area but at this time it appears any storm that does develop near the Dodge City area will be well south of the airport. Any storm that does develop late today will move south of the Oklahoma border by sunset. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 94 62 95 63 / 10 20 10 0 GCK 93 60 95 61 / 10 10 10 0 EHA 96 61 97 63 / 20 20 30 20 LBL 96 61 98 63 / 30 20 20 20 HYS 92 59 91 61 / 0 0 0 0 P28 94 64 97 65 / 0 10 10 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Burgert LONG TERM...Burgert AVIATION...Burgert
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:23 AM CDT, 13 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 323 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2020 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-120830- 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- 323 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2020 /223 AM MDT Thu Jun 11 2020/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...south central...southwest and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .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, Jun 11, 4:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 429 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2020 KSZ076-077-086-087-112215- Gray KS-Seward KS-Meade KS-Haskell KS- 429 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SEWARD... NORTHWESTERN MEADE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAY AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... At 429 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles southeast of Satanta, moving east at 30 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Copeland, Tice and Plains. LAT...LON 3729 10097 3742 10101 3756 10054 3722 10049 TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 266DEG 28KT 3735 10089 TATRO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 21 min |
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 44 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.