Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 19, 1991, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1991, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

116 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Hodgeman County, KS

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TTAA00 KDDC 192247
FFWDDC
KSC083-200045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
549 PM CDT WED JUN 19 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE JETMORE AREA. THE STORM HAS
SHOWN NO MOVEMENT AND THUS WILL CONTINUE IN THE JETMORE AREA UNTIL
745 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AT LEAST NICKLE-SIZE
HAIL AND RAINFALL RATES OF ABOUT 2 TO 3 INCHES IN AN HOUR.
 
THIS STORM IS OCCURRING OVER AN AREA THAT MAY HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT
2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR.  PERSONS ALONG BUCKNER CREEK
FROM JETMORE TO HANSTON SHOULD TAKE ALL NECCESSARY MEASURES NOW TO
PREPARE FOR FLOODING!!
 
THIS REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT HAD EARLIER BEEN IN
EFFECT FOR ALL OF HODGEMAN COUNTY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVGE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
 
EKB

In the hours before

KSZ006-192200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
357 PM CDT WED JUN 19 1991

AT 355 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM 2MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...BETWEEN JETMORE AND HANSTON. THIS STORM
HAD FORMED RAPIDLY AND IS ONE OF SEVERAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT
ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER HANSTON BY 430 PM.

RADAR SHOWS THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
HAIL.

PERSONS IN HANSTON AND EASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE
ON THE WEATHER AND IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IN A
STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING hUNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.