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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 30, 2018Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2018, 10:58 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 2018, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2018, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Trego County, KS

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
922 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018

KSZ043-044-010315-
Lane KS-Scott KS-
922 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SCOTT AND WESTERN LANE COUNTIES
UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

At 922 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking thunderstorm outflow
winds 8 miles west of Scott State Lake, moving east at 30 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Scott City, Dighton, Grigston, Healy, Scott State Lake, Modoc,
Shallow Water, Manning, Amy and Shields.

LAT...LON 3870 10044 3827 10042 3827 10112 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 284DEG 26KT 3867 10107

TATRO

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:17 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1017 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018

KSZ043>045-010415-
Lane KS-Scott KS-Ness KS-
1017 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN NESS...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT
AND LANE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

At 1017 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles northwest of Pendennis to 3 miles south
of Amy. Movement was east at 30 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Dighton, Ransom, Utica, Alamota, Beeler, Pendennis, Amy, Shields and
Arnold.

LAT...LON 3869 9988 3827 9997 3827 10074 3870 10052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 272DEG 27KT 3877 10041 3843 10062

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:58 PM CDT, 0 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
Jun 30, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane, Scott	53 min
Jun 30, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Trego	65 min
Jun 30, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Lane	58 min
Jun 30, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis	55 min
Jun 30, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness, Trego	63 min
Jun 30, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade, Seward and 1 more	57 min
Jun 30, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	48 min
Jun 30, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	50 min
Jul 1, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	40 min
Jul 1, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford	47 min

Nearby

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Sources

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