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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 24, 2012Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 24, 2012, 5:35 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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
Apr 24, 2012, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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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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 Apr 24, 2:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
353 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-251130-
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-
353 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2012 /253 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HUGOTON TO GARDEN CITY TO WAKEENEY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE BRIEF WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO MID-MORNING
FRIDAY. THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THE LEAST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS IS IN
THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KANSAS, WITH INCREASING CHANCES TO
THE EAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

FINCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
410 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

KSZ062-063-242215-
FINNEY-KEARNY-
410 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY AND WESTERN
FINNEY COUNTIES...

AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LYDIA...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF LEOTI...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3827 10135 3827 10116 3825 10112 3811 10089
      3791 10106 3798 10142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 303DEG 25KT 3821 10129

SUGDEN
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:35 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
535 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

KSZ085-086-242330-
SEWARD-STEVENS-
535 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS AND
SOUTHWESTERN SEWARD COUNTIES...

AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUGOTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3711 10138 3721 10129 3701 10090 3700 10088
      3699 10088 3699 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 298DEG 25KT 3712 10130

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny65 min

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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.