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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 16, 2011, 4:38 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
- Sep 16, 2011, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Sep 16, 3:45 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 3:45 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 914 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011 KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-077>081-088>090-171000- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 914 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO ENGLEWOOD. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC KSZ061-062-074>076-084>087-171000- HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- 914 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011 /814 AM MDT FRI SEP 16 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE EAST INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AFTER 5 PM CDT. MARGINAL INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG WITH MARGINAL DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR TO SUPPORT A FEW LARGE HAIL REPORTS UP TO QUARTER SIZE. THE LACK OF LARGE SCALE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL PREVENT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT, HOWEVER, AND ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP SHOULD DISSIPATE AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO ENGLEWOOD. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 5 PM CDT GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A SYRACUSE TO ULYSSES TO LIBERAL LINE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 3:48 PM CDT, 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 57 min |
| Sep 16, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 42 min |
| Sep 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 38 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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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.