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Fire Weather Watch 30, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 11, 20118 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this fire weather watch at Jun 11, 2011, 3:09 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 12, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2011, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 12, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 12, 2011, 3:35 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Jun 11, 3:57 AM CDT, 11 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:57 AM CDT, 11 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 4:58 AM CDT, 10 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
458 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-121130-
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-
458 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011 /358 AM MDT SAT JUN 11 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS INTO FAR
WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN MOVE INTO
CENTRAL KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. HAIL AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
DIGHTON TO NESS CITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD
CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
THEN AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE STORMS
WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 6:02 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more3 hr
Jun 11, 3:09 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens12 hr
Jun 11, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche45 min
Jun 11, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton61 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton46 min
Jun 11, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens41 min
Jun 11, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa48 min
Jun 11, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton54 min
Jun 11, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens39 min
Jun 11, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens50 min
Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton42 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton47 min
Jun 11, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens48 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.