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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 25, 2012Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 25, 2012, 6:26 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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 25, 2012, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Kiowa County, KS

The radar

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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 Sep 25, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 8:01 AM CDT, 10 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
801 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-261130-
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-
801 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 /701 AM MDT TUE SEP 25 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN KANSAS AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN BARBER COUNTY A
FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH HAIL AS
LARGE AS QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EVERY DAY FROM WEDNESDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY, WITH THE BEST CHANCES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
THE STORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY COULD BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AS
LARGE AS GOLFBALLS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

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FINCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 25, 6:26 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

KSZ080-088-089-260015-
CLARK-COMANCHE-KIOWA-
626 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN
COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...

AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SITKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3759 9937 3734 9909 3716 9960 3725 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 231DEG 15KT 3722 9961

WAH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 25, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	17 min
Sep 25, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	40 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.