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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 18, 2018Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2018, 9:37 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2018, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2018, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Comanche County, KS

The radar

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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
Mar 18, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	41 min
Mar 18, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	27 min
Mar 18, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	43 min
Mar 18, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	41 min
Mar 18, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade	29 min
Mar 19, 3:41 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 5 more	11 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.