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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 2, 201414 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this winter storm watch at Feb 2, 2014, 4:31 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 3, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2014, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 3, 2014, 4:31 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 2, 4:14 AM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 4:14 AM CST, 17 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.