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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 8, 2006Grant County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2006, 6:02 PM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 8, 2006, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2006, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Grant County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 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 Jul 8, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 5:00 AM CDT, 13 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
500 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2006

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-091000-
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-
500 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2006 /400 AM MDT SAT JUL 8 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
BEST CHANCE THIS MORNING WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM DODGE CITY
TO WAKEENEY...AND THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS BUT SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY...
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

FINCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:02 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 4:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEllis6 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2006Every special weather statement in 2006

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.