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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2013, 4:59 AM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 2, 2013, 4:59 AM CDT (09:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2013, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
County Greenwood County, KS
The radar
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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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 3:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:59 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 2, 4:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:14 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 7 days |
| Aug 2, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Cowley, Elk | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 8:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 48 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Chautauqua | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 9:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 24 hr |
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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.