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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 1991Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1991, 6:40 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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 24, 1991, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 1991, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Morton County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 24, 6:55 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Morton, 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 24, 1:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

KSZ003-006-009-241915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
119 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1991

.... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS ....

 .... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS ....

AT 1250 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN KAN
SALONG THE COLORADO BORDER IN STANTON AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...OR 65 MILES
WEST OF GARDEN CITY.  THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSON IN STANTON COUNTY...OR 30 MILES WEST OF
ULYSSES.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE
JOHSON AND SYRACUSE AREAS BY 1245 PM MDT (145 PM CDT).

A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICAL HAS REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH
THESE STORMS NEAR MANTER...OR 30 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS WHICH CAN PRODUCE FALASH FLOODING ALONG STREETS AND LOW LYING
AREAS.  PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILTIY OF THREATENING
WEATHER TODAY AND THROUGH THE NIGHT AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

MVT

Special weather statement, May 24, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

KSZ003-006-009-242045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
249 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1991

.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 383 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS
     WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL TO 25 MILES EAST OF
     SCOTT CITY ....

.... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS
     AFTERNOON AND TONGIHT ....

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST KANSAS AT 240 PM CDT
(140 PM MDT).  THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN KEARNEY COUNTY
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF KENDALL OR 40 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY.  THIS
LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE
LAKIN AND DEERFIELD AREAS BY 300 PM CDT (200 PM MDT).

PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WHICH
CAN PRODCUE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY AND
TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OVER AN INCH OF
RAIN OVER SATURATED SOIL...WHICH COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS.

PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
THREATENING WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND SnHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
STAY TUNE TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION...OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MVT

Special weather statement, May 24, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

KSZ003-006-009-242145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
343 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1991

.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 383 IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A NORTH SOUTH
LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL TO 25 MILES EAST OF SCOTT
CITY....

.... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS
     AFTERNOON AND EVENING ....

AT 340 PM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO MORTON
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ELKHART...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES... IN THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH
AND WILL BE IN THE ELKHART AND WILBURTON AREAS BY 445 PM CDT.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FROM
THESE THUNDERSTOMS MAY CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING ALONG STREETS AND LOW
LYING AREAS.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
THREATENING WEATHER...AND SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY.  STAY TUNE TO YOUR
LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION....OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MVT

Special weather statement, May 24, 3:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

KSZ003-006-009-242145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TIME IN 1ST PARAGRAPH...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
350 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1991

.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 383 IS IN EFFECT WEST OF A NORTH SOUTH
LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL TO 25 MILES EAST OF SCOTT
CITY....

.... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS
     AFTERNOON AND EVENING ....

AT 340 PM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO MORTON
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ELKHART...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES... IN THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH
AND WILL BE IN THE ELKHART AND WILBURTON AREAS BY 350 PM CDT.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FROM
THESE THUNDERSTOMS MAY CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING ALONG STREETS AND LOW
LYING AREAS.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
THREATENING WEATHER...AND SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY.  STAY TUNE TO YOUR
LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION....OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MVT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant	42 min
May 23, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	63 min
May 23, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Finney	63 min
May 23, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray	48 min
May 23, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	48 min
May 24, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	31 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton, Stevens	62 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Grant	62 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton, Stevens	62 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	62 min
May 24, 6:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Grant	64 min
May 24, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant	64 min
May 24, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	57 min
May 24, 6:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.