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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 2023Clark County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2023, 11:57 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Aug 7, 2023, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2023, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
55

County Clark County, KS

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 9:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:22 AM CDT, 18 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
522 AM CDT Mon Aug 7 2023

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081030-
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
522 AM CDT Mon Aug 7 2023 /422 AM MDT Mon Aug 7 2023/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms affecting west
central and portions of southwest Kansas this evening into the
late night hours. The combined strong wind shear, instability, and
moisture in place will support very large hail of two inches in
diameter or larger with the strongest storm, as well as damaging
thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

More severe thunderstorms appear likely Tuesday evening into the
late night hours as an intense storm system moved out of the
Central Rockies. There is the potential for significant severe
weather events with this setup, including two inch diameter hail
or larger, destructive wind gusts 75 mph or greater, and even a
tornado.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Storm spotters are expected to be needed both tonight and Tuesday
night.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 10:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 7, 10:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1039 PM CDT Mon Aug 7 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1032 PM     Hail             1 SE Holcomb            37.98N 100.98W
08/07/2023  E1.50 inch       Finney             KS   Storm Chaser

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 10:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:57 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego33 min
Aug 7, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCLane, Ness, Scott59 min
Aug 7, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush, Trego49 min
Aug 7, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush36 min
Aug 7, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott47 min
Aug 7, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Ness30 min
Aug 7, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess39 min
Aug 7, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott62 min
Aug 7, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Stafford50 min
Aug 7, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Lane, Scott48 min
Aug 7, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush30 min
Aug 7, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny38 min
Aug 7, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Gray, Lane, Scott39 min
Aug 7, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee44 min
Aug 7, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell40 min
Aug 7, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford24 min
Aug 7, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray50 min
Aug 7, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward34 min
Aug 7, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade46 min
Aug 7, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Gray, Meade20 min
Aug 8, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark33 min

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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.