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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2009, 4:49 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 17, 2009, 4:49 AM CDT (09:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2009, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Ellis 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 Aug 17, 2:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 2:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 313 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-181000- 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- 313 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009 /213 AM MDT MON AUG 17 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING, AND A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS TODAY NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO CIMARRON TO ASHLAND. THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE LARNED, DODGE CITY, COLDWATER, PRATT AND MEDICINE LODGE AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER TODAY NORTHEAST OF A GARDEN CITY TO ASHLAND LINE. ADDITIONALLY, SPOTTERS COULD BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT. RAINFALL REPORTS WILL BE HELPFUL AS WELL. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 12
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
449 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009
KSZ031-171015-
ELLIS-
449 AM CDT MON AUG 17 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...
AT 448 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR WALKER...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
RESIDENTS IN EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF WALKER...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 3894 9902 3875 9903 3874 9903 3877 9917
3895 9913
TIME...MOT...LOC 0950Z 281DEG 19KT 3884 9903
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 4:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 74 min |
| Aug 17, 9:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 2:23 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 1 more | 42 hr |
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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.