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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 3, 2024Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2024, 3:35 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued: Aug 3, 2024, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2024, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 30

County Seward 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 Aug 3, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 2:01 AM CDT, 13 hours 34 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.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:31 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:35 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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
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, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	39 min

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Sources

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