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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 10, 2015Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 10, 2015, 6:13 AM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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: Sep 10, 2015, 6:13 AM CDT (11:13 UTC)
Expired: Sep 10, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Hodgeman 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 Sep 10, 6:06 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 6:06 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 3:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
318 AM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-110830-
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-
318 AM CDT THU SEP 10 2015 /218 AM MDT THU SEP 10 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO
OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED TORNADO RISK.
  ELEVATED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

DISCUSSION...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

HAZARDS WEATHER RISK...

  FRIDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  SATURDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  SUNDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  MONDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  TUESDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  WEDNESDAY...
  LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.
  LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT...MAINLY EAST OF A SCOTT CITY TO LIBERAL LINE.

&&

FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 10, 5:48 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 10, 6:13 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 5:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	42 min
Sep 10, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	43 min
Sep 10, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	49 min
Sep 10, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	41 min
Sep 10, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stanton	47 min
Sep 10, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	47 min
Sep 10, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	41 min
Sep 10, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Stevens	54 min
Sep 10, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	48 min
Sep 10, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton	44 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

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.