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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 23, 2016Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2016, 11:22 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2016, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Hodgeman 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 Jun 23, 6:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 3:58 PM CDT, 7 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
358 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-242100-
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-
358 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016 /258 PM MDT THU JUN 23 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS THIS EVENING
ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS COULD CONTAIN HAIL AS LARGE AS HALF
DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED TORNADO RISK.
  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.
  ELEVATED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

DISCUSSION...THERE ARE SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY
FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER
THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE.

HAZARDS WEATHER RISK...

  FRIDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.
  LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK.

  SATURDAY...
  LIMITED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  SUNDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  MONDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  TUESDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

  WEDNESDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT ACROSS FAR
WESTERN KANSAS.

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JF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	54 min
Jun 23, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Stanton	45 min
Jun 23, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell, Seward, Stevens	45 min
Jun 24, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	54 min
Jun 24, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Ford, Hodgeman, Meade	58 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.