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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 26, 1991Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1991, 9:59 PM CST for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 1991, 9:59 PM CST (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 1991, 10:45 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 270358
SVRDDC
KSC007-033-270445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
959 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN BARBER COUNTY...EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY
 
AT 955 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF
COLDWATER KANSAS...ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THE STORM
IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO8 PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
SL

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, Mar 26, 4:00 PM CST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-262200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
400 PM CST TUE MARCH 26 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY...AND MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
   KANSAS...

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL...AND
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CST.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ARE MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTION
OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE ABOUT 40
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...AND OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE NORTH
OF GAGE.

THE STORMS SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY WILL MOVE NEAR COLDWATER IN COMANCHE
COUNTY BEFOREr 415...AND WILL BE NEAR GREENSBURG BY 430. THE STORMS IN
OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY BY 430 PM.
.
PERSONS IN COLDWATER AND GREENSBURG SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AS THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH.

LETRO
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 8:28 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-270330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
825 PM CST TUE MARCH 26 1991

A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS TIL 10PM

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE SOUTHWEST OF SUBLETTE IN
HASKELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS THIS EVENING.  IN ADDITION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH GUSTS
TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR
LATER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED:.

VAN TRESS/LETRO
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:30 PM CST, 29 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-270430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
930 PM CST TUE MARCH 26 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM CST...

...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT...

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE
MORNING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN
KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE
CITY...MOVING INTO MEDICINE LODGE IN BARBER COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...
TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT BEGINNING TO PUSH INTO WESTERN KANSAS IS
PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...
WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH...WITH SOME
GUSTS OVER 50 MPH LIKELY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
TO DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED...BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF.

LETRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 6:04 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCBarber41 min
Mar 26, 6:16 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCPratt29 min
Mar 26, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa55 min
Mar 26, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.