Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1988, 7:31 PM CDT for Gray County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1988, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1988, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:33 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Meade, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS TIME DAY DATE 440 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1988 THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. AT 440 PM THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. IN THE SOUTHWEST A THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ELKHART MOVING SOUTHEAST 15 MPH. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY AND MOVING SOUTH 10 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM OVER MEADE AND MOVING SOUTHWEST 15 MPH. LOCAL HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. GREGG
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 513 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1988 THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFING OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS AT 513 PM THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRONG 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKHART AND COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. MOVEMENT SOUTHEAST 5 MPH. IN THE MEADE AREA A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED 5 MILES NORTH OF MEADE TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. STRONG WINDS HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORMS. NO MOVEMENT BUT BUILDING TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY WITH DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY HAIL AND LOCAL HEAVY RAINS. MOVEMENT NORTH 10 MPH. GREGG
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 27, 6:48 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 645 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... AT 645 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTO2RMS WERE 5 MILES WEST OF FOWLER AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLAINS. HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WERE IN THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT. CLYDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 65 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.