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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 8, 2016Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 1:37 AM CDT for Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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: Jul 8, 2016, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Comanche County, KS, Kiowa 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 Jul 7, 6:18 PM CDT, 7 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 6:18 PM CDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 6:17 AM CDT, 19 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
617 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081130-
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-
617 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016 /517 AM MDT THU JUL 7 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CAN'T BE RULED OUT ALONG THE OKLAHOMA
STATE LINE AND ALONG THE COLORADO STATE LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IF
STORMS OCCUR AT ALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY. THESE STORMS
COULD BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. THERE ARE SMALL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST
ABOUT EVERY DAY FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY
TO TELL IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

JF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	60 min
Jul 8, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	47 min
Jul 8, 2:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	24 min
Jul 8, 2:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche	34 min
Jul 8, 2:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	64 min
Jul 8, 2:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Barber	31 min
Jul 8, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	62 min
Jul 8, 4:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	40 min
Jul 8, 5:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	63 min

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.