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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2015, 3:39 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Jun 17, 2015, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 17, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 4:49 AM CDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 449 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-181000- 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- 449 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SOMEWHAT BETTER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND ALONG WITH 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS, BUT THESE STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED AT BEST. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. DISCUSSION...THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FAIRLY LOW. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... THURSDAY... LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. SATURDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR AREAS OUT WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO GERARD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 339 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 KSZ031-172130- ELLIS KS- 339 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 339 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMMERAM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EMMERAM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3903 9904 3889 9904 3896 9925 3904 9921 TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 293DEG 14KT 3899 9916
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 27 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.