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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 31, 2016Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2016, 12:46 AM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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: May 31, 2016, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2016, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Gray County, KS

The radar

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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 May 31, 12:46 AM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:46 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 12:08 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:21 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 12:23 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:26 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:31 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:46 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
May 30, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Wichita	38 min
May 30, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane, Trego	38 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	43 min
May 30, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	40 min
May 30, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	45 min
May 30, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Trego	48 min
May 30, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	24 min
May 30, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	41 min
May 30, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	47 min
May 30, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	43 min
May 30, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	38 min
May 30, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	47 min
May 30, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	48 min
May 30, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	45 min
May 30, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	42 min
May 30, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	39 min
May 30, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	48 min
May 31, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	45 min
May 31, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	52 min
May 31, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	39 min
May 31, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	49 min
May 31, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	44 min
May 31, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	39 min
May 31, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	49 min
May 31, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	43 min
May 31, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	44 min
May 31, 1:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	41 min
May 31, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	41 min
May 31, 1:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	51 min
May 31, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	44 min
May 31, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	38 min
May 31, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	41 min
May 31, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa	47 min
May 31, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Meade, Seward	44 min
May 31, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Pratt	49 min
May 31, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	47 min
May 31, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	64 min
May 31, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche	64 min
May 31, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	52 min
May 31, 5:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Haskell	3 hr

Nearby

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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.