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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 2, 2017Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Oct 2, 2017, 6:32 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 2017, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

County Scott 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 Oct 2, 6:00 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 6:00 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 6:32 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
632 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017

KSZ043-030030-
Scott KS-
632 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 730
PM CDT...

At 632 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles south of Pence, or 10 miles northwest of Scott City, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Modoc, Pence and Scott State Lake.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for west central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3870 10069 3868 10069 3838 10112 3841 10113
      3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 227DEG 22KT 3859 10105

Reynolds

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton43 min
Oct 1, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott39 min
Oct 2, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton28 min
Oct 2, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott38 min
Oct 2, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott26 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.