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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 27, 202015 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this winter storm watch at Jan 27, 2020, 1:50 AM CST for 15 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 28, 2020, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2020, 1:50 AM CST (07:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 28, 2020, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 27, 2020, 3:14 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 27, 1:30 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 1:30 AM CST, 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 3:14 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell and 4 more22 hr
Jan 27, 3:14 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDDCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Grant, Hamilton and 13 more22 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Kansas, 2020Every winter storm watch in 2020

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.