Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Dodge City, KS

KSZ003-102230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
421 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS...

AT 415 PM CDT (315 PM MDT)...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. THESE STRONG
STORMS WERE 55 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY OR AROUND 8 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE.  THEY WERE MOVING SOUTH SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT AROUND
15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH SYRACUSE BY AROUND 345 PM MDT (445 PM
CDT).  THE REST OF THE STORMS WILL STAY GENERALLY OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN
IN HAMILTON COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR.

THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS SOME HAIL.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT (1000 PM
MDT) ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 FROM GARDEN CITY TO LIBERAL.

YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

JOHNSON

KSZ003-102230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO EXPARATION TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
432 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS...

AT 415 PM CDT (315 PM MDT)...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. THESE STRONG
STORMS WERE 55 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY OR AROUND 8 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE.  THEY WERE MOVING SOUTH SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT AROUND
15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH SYRACUSE BY AROUND 345 PM MDT (445 PM
CDT).  THE REST OF THE STORMS WILL STAY GENERALLY OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN
IN HAMILTON COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR.

THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS SOME HAIL.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM
MDT) ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 FROM GARDEN CITY TO LIBERAL.

YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES...OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

JOHNSON

KSZ003-102330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
529 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WERE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
50 AT THE COLORADO BORDER...

AT 425 PM MDT (525 PM CDT)...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SYRACUSE TO AROUND 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON.  THAT IS 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES TO 40 MILES
WEST OF ULYSSES.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE.
 THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
REACH SYRACUSE BY 430 PM MDT (530 PM CDT).

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS.  LOCAL FLOODING OF ROAD
DITCHES IS LIKELY AND DRIVERS ALONG HIGHWAY 50 ARE URGE TO USE CAUTION.
VISIBILITIES IN THESE TORRENTIAL RAINS MAY REACH ZERO IN PLACES.

MEANWHILE...A NEW THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AROUND 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY IN NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY.  dNO MOVEMENT HAD YET
BEEN OBSERVED BY THE DOPPLER RADAR.

YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN OR
NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

JOHNSON

KSZ003-006-110030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT............CORRECTED ROUTING.....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
634 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD FARTHER INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 635 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 18
MILES SOUTH OF JOHNSON CITY OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY TO
10 MILES NORTH OF JETMORE OR 30 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY.  THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN OR 30 MILES WEST OF
GARDEN CITY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.  THEY WILL
REACH JOHNSON CITY BY 640 PM...LAKIN BY 650 PM AND GARDEN CITY BY AROUND
730 PM.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.  BECAUSE OF THEIR SLOW
MOVEMENT...THE STORMS MAY CAUSE SOME BRIEF LOCALIZED FLOODING OF
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND POSSIBLY SOME WASHOUTS ON DIRT ROADS.  DRIVERS
SHOULD BE PREP,ARED FOR SUDDEN AND DRASTIC DECREASES IN VISIBILITIES DUE
TO THE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS.

JOHNSON

KSZ003-006-110145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
738 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS WERE ROARING ACROSS SOUTHWEST
KANSAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...

AT 735 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND
THE GARDEN CITY AREA SOUTHWEST THROUGH ULYSSES TO JUST NORTH OF ELKHART.
THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER IN THE GARDEN CITY..HOLCOMB
AND PIERCEVILLE AREAS INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND DAMGING WINDS.

FURTHER SOUTHWEST ALONG THE BAND...STRONG AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS
WERE MOVING AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND WILL REACH SATANTA AND
SUBLETTE BY 800 PM...HUGOTON AND ROLLA BY AROUND 815 PM.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FINNEY COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS IN FINNEY COUNTY...
YOU SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.  PERSONS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF
GARDEN CITY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VEzRY SUDDEN AND STRONG GUSTS OF
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS.

JOHNSON

KSZ006-110345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
938 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ROLLING INTO DODGE CITY...

AT 930 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS
ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN FORD COUNTY AND EASTERN GRAY COUNTY.  THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS 13 MILES WEST OF DODGE CITY NEAR HOWELLS.  THIS
STORM WAS DIRECTLY OVER HIGHWAY 50 AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE DIFFICULTIES
FOR DRIVERS.  VISIBILITIES WILL BE VERY LOW IN THESE EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAINS.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR
WHILE THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR.

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR FINNEY
COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS...DOPPLER RADAR HAD DETECTED AN AREA OF
STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS AROUND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE CITY.  THESE
STRONG WINDS SHOULD REACH DODGE CITY BY AROUND 950 PM.

LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS...ROADS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IS
POSSIBLE WITH THESE VERY HEAVY RAINS.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS EITHER IN A VEHICL(E OR ON FOOT.  REMEMBER...FLOODING DOES MORE
DAMAGE ANNUALLY THAN MOST OTHER FORMS OF SEVERE WEATHER.  FLOODING AND
LIGHTNING TOGETHER ACCOUNT FOR MOST STORM RELATED DEATHS.

JOHNSON