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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2008, 6:49 PM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 24, 2008, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Grant County, KS
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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 24, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 446 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-251000- 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- 446 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 /346 AM MDT TUE JUN 24 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 12
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 648 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 KSZ076-250030- HASKELL- 648 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HASKELL COUNTY... AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RYUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3754 10108 3759 10098 3739 10099 3739 10108 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 238DEG 12KT 3750 10109 18
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Trego | 96 min |
| Jun 24, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.