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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2024, 3:51 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2024, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2024, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 3, 12:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 12:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 2:01 AM CDT, 13 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 201 AM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-040715- 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- 201 AM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024 /101 AM MDT Sat Aug 3 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 expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. Springer
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 335 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024 KSZ085-086-032115- Seward KS-Stevens KS- 335 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SEWARD AND EAST CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM CDT... At 334 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Woods, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Liberal around 350 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3722 10112 3725 10089 3700 10069 3700 10104 TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 334DEG 18KT 3719 10098 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH FINCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 3, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 40 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.