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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 20, 2014Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2014, 9:21 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2014, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2014, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Trego County, KS

The radar

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The text

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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 20, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 1:38 PM CDT, 7 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
138 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-211000-
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-
138 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2014 /1238 PM MDT SUN APR 20 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 283. HAIL
TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORM
FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ON WEDNESDAY, A DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS ALONG THE DRYLINE. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS, ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED
TORNADO. TO THE WEST OF THE DRYLINE, RED FLAG CONDITIONS COULD
DEVELOP AS LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING THE MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS SOUTH AND WEST OF A SCOTT CITY TO BUCKLIN TO
ASHLAND LINE.

&&

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

UMSCHEID

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
413 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

KSZ087-088-202200-
CLARK-MEADE-
413 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MEADE AND WESTERN CLARK
COUNTIES...

AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF ENGLEWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3700 10035 3745 10022 3729 9976 3700 10006
      3699 10032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 207DEG 19KT 3704 10020

WAH
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 6:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
612 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

KSZ078-080-088-089-210000-
CLARK-COMANCHE-FORD-KIOWA-
612 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN
COMANCHE...SOUTHERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...

AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3756 9981 3739 9946 3713 9977 3721 9995
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 211DEG 14KT 3721 9983

WAH
Local storm report, Apr 20, 6:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 9:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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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.