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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 17, 2016Lane County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Sep 17, 2016, 5:41 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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: Sep 17, 2016, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Lane County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Sep 16, 6:33 PM CDT, 23 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 6:33 PM CDT, 23 hours 8 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
Sep 17, 2:45 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more	6 hr
Sep 17, 2:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	50 min
Sep 17, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	63 min
Sep 17, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	59 min
Sep 17, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton	66 min
Sep 17, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Hamilton	41 min
Sep 17, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	64 min
Sep 17, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny	41 min
Sep 17, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	36 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.