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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 21, 1994Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 1994, 3:07 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 1994, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Sep 21, 1994, 3:34 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 21, 11:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 11:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 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
Sep 21, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Pawnee	29 min
Sep 21, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kiowa, Pratt	44 min
Sep 21, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pratt	39 min
Sep 21, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	42 min
Sep 21, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	48 min
Sep 21, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1994 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.