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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 28, 202418 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind watch at Oct 28, 2024, 2:16 AM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 29, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 28, 2024, 2:16 AM CDT (07:16 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 29, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 29, 2024, 2:23 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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 Oct 27, 11:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 11:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 3:14 AM CDT, 23 hours 2 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
314 AM CDT Sun Oct 27 2024

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-280815-
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-
314 AM CDT Sun Oct 27 2024 /214 AM MDT Sun Oct 27 2024/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expect.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Higher fire danger on Monday and Tuesday. Monday the highest fire
danger will be along and south of highway 50 and west of highway 283
as southwest wind gusts will be > 25 mph and humidity values fall to
<15%. The rest of southwest Kansas will be in an elevated fire
danger due to winds. Tuesday the fire danger will be wind driven as
much of southwest Kansas is expected to see sustained southerly winds
at 25-35 mph and wind gusts up to 50+ mph.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation won't be needed.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 28, 2:20 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more	12 hr
Oct 28, 2:22 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 8 more	29 hr

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.