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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 2023Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2023, 3:16 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 28, 2023, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2023, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 55

County Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 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 May 28, 3:06 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:06 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 2:42 AM CDT, 12 hours 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
242 AM CDT Sun May 28 2023

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-290745-
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-
242 AM CDT Sun May 28 2023 /142 AM MDT Sun May 28 2023/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon and evening
mainly from the Colorado border to US 83 around Garden City to
Liberal. Main threat could be large hail up to golf ball size and
gusty winds to 60 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Several rounds of storms will be possible during the week mainly
for areas along the Colorado border. Main threat could be some
localized flooding from the storms that produce heavy rain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation won't be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 2:17 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
217 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023

KSZ046-282000-
Rush KS-
217 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Rush County
through 300 PM CDT...

At 217 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rush Center, moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Rush Center around 220 PM CDT.
  Timken around 225 PM CDT.
  La Crosse and Bison around 230 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Liebenthal and
Loretta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3864 9903 3858 9903 3836 9918 3835 9938
      3868 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 180DEG 22KT 3844 9926

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

FINCH

Local storm report, May 28, 2:31 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
231 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0219 PM     HAIL             2 ESE RUSH CENTER       38.45N 99.28W
05/28/2023  E1.00 INCH       RUSH               KS   PUBLIC

&&

JDF

Special weather statement, May 28, 3:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
316 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023

KSZ087-282045-
Meade KS-
316 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Meade
County through 345 PM CDT...

At 316 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm very
near Missler, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Meade
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3725 10036 3729 10050 3747 10044 3747 10012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 210DEG 17KT 3731 10041

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	43 min
May 28, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	26 min
May 28, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	34 min
May 28, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	41 min
May 28, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	53 min
May 28, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	38 min
May 28, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	40 min
May 28, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	45 min
May 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Rush	29 min
May 28, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	40 min
May 28, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	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.