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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 27, 2014Ness County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2014, 1:11 AM CDT for Ness County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2014, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS

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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 Jul 27, 12:19 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 12:19 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 1:45 PM CDT, 11 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
145 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-271845-
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-
145 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 /1245 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL BE VERY LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE WILL BE A THUNDERSTORM THREAT ACROSS MAINLY FAR SOUTHWEST
KANSAS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AND AGAIN MONDAY ALONG THE
FRONTAL ZONE...AS WELL AS STORMS THAT MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST OFF THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE A
CONCERN AND POTENTIALLY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING COME
TUESDAY AS A MUCH MORE ORGANIZED ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE BETWEEN 5 PM AND SUNSET.

&&

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

BURGERT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
729 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

KSZ063-077-270115-
FINNEY-GRAY-
729 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL FINNEY AND NORTHWESTERN
GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF PIERCEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 5 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3801 10038 3780 10055 3802 10086 3813 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 313DEG 6KT 3800 10065

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 8:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 1:11 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney46 min
Jul 26, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane49 min
Jul 26, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney44 min
Jul 26, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness42 min
Jul 26, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney48 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.