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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 20, 2015Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 20, 2015, 3:56 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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: Oct 20, 2015, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Oct 20, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Gray County, KS

The radar

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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
Oct 20, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman	45 min
Oct 20, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness and 1 more	28 min
Oct 20, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	43 min
Oct 20, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	59 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.