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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 4, 2020Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2020, 3:15 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 4, 2020, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

County Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 Jun 3, 6:00 PM CDT, 21 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:00 PM CDT, 21 hours 15 minutes before

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  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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      <p id="message2">
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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 3, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	46 min
Jun 3, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny, Scott	37 min
Jun 3, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	51 min
Jun 3, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	45 min
Jun 3, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Stanton	52 min
Jun 4, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	46 min
Jun 4, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	26 min
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	45 min
Jun 4, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	50 min
Jun 4, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	52 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	45 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.