Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jul 17, 1992, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)

Expired

Jul 17, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Comanche County, 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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
427 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...COMANCHE COUNTY
 
AT 425 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBURG...OR JUST NORTH
OF COLDWATER.  THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO COLDWATER AND WILMORE BY 430 PM CDT AND AFFECT
THOSE LOCATIONS UNTIL 5 PM CDT.  PEOPLE IN THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD
TAKE COVER NOW!.
 
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 MOVE 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

KSZ003-006-009-172200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS
1100 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 1992

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS:

BARBER      FINNEY      HAMILTON      KIOWA        PRATT      STEVENS
CLARK       FORD        HASKELL       MEADE        SEWARD
COMANCHE    GRANT       HODGEMAN      MORTON       STAFFORD
EDWARDS     GRAY        KEARNY        PAWNEE       STANTON

SYNOPSIS: A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS
WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO KEEP THE WIDELY
SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING AFTER ABOUT 3 PM.

STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE HOWEVER...AND SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
HANSON

KSZ006-009-172200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
401 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 4 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF
DODGE CITY TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BUKLIN.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...AND WILL BE IN THE
WILMORE AND COLDWATER AREAS BY 430 PM.

IN ADDITION...CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

IF YOU LIVE IN KINGSDOWN...BUCKLIN...AND COLDWATER...STAY INSIDE UNTIL
THE STORMS PASS.

HANSON

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.