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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 24, 2016Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2016, 6:14 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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
Jul 24, 2016, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Pawnee 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 24, 3:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 4:18 AM CDT, 13 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
418 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-250930-
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-
418 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016 /318 AM MDT SUN JUL 24 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING THROUGH MID MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG DOWNBURST
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT FORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY, MAINLY
LATE IN THE DAY AND NIGHTTIME HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
614 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

KSZ065-079-242330-
EDWARDS KS-PAWNEE KS-
614 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHERN
EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 614 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTH OF KINSLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARFIELD...SANFORD...FRIZELL AND ZOOK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN DODGE CITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3794 9948 3811 9956 3826 9918 3800 9907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 250DEG 11KT 3805 9944

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton55 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.