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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 31, 2023Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2023, 4:13 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 31, 2023, 4:13 PM MDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2023, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Hamilton 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.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 31, 3:43 PM MDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:43 PM MDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 1:56 AM MDT, 14 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 2:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 3:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 3:42 PM MDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 3:55 PM MDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 4:05 PM MDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 4:13 PM MDT, 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
May 30, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	45 min
May 30, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	49 min
May 30, 6:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Morton, Stanton	36 min
May 30, 7:02 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	4 hr
May 30, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	50 min
May 30, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Lane, Scott	30 min
May 30, 7:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott	50 min
May 30, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	33 min
May 30, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	45 min
May 30, 8:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	27 min
May 30, 8:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Ness	25 min
May 30, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade and 1 more	47 min
May 30, 8:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee	44 min
May 30, 8:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Stevens	24 min
May 30, 9:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Haskell, Meade, Seward	33 min
May 30, 9:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Pawnee, Rush	31 min
May 30, 10:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Meade	44 min
May 31, 2:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	32 min
May 31, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	33 min
May 31, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	33 min
May 31, 3:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	35 min
May 31, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	25 min
May 31, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	24 min
May 31, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	32 min
May 31, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	33 min
May 31, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	31 min
May 31, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Stanton, Stevens	26 min
May 31, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Seward	35 min
May 31, 5:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	33 min
May 31, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny	28 min
May 31, 5:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	26 min
May 31, 5:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	34 min

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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.