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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 2, 202314 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind watch at Apr 2, 2023, 3:07 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2023, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 4, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2023, 11:09 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Apr 2, 2:30 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 2:30 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 3:08 AM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more32 hr
Apr 2, 12:24 PM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens33 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Kansas, 2023Every high wind watch in 2023

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.