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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 18, 2018Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2018, 8:47 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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: Jul 18, 2018, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2018, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:10 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:47 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
Jul 18, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	50 min
Jul 19, 1:27 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	Barber, Clark, Comanche	30 hr
Jul 19, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	58 min
Jul 19, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton	48 min
Jul 19, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	46 min
Jul 19, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Ness	16 min
Jul 19, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	38 min
Jul 19, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Stanton	57 min
Jul 19, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	55 min
Jul 19, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	52 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.