Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1106 AM CDT (1006 AM MDT) WED APR 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING MEADE COUNTY...

AT 1055 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE BEAVER
COUNTY OKLAHOMA AND IN SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY SOUTH OF MEADE STATE LAKE.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF MEADE BY 1110 AM.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MINNEOLA AND DODGE CITY
AREAS BY 1130 AM.

DUE TO THE UNSETTLED AIRMASS OVER THE REGION...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE THREATENING YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.   REFRAIN FROM USING THE TELEPHONE AS
LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN TRAVEL ACROSS PHONE LINES.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE SLOWLY WARMING ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK
BUT WILL STRUGGLE TO WARM MUCH DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...GENERALLY
REMAINING BELOW 40 DEGREES.   RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEXST KANSAS...PARTICULAR
EAST OF A LIBERAL TO GARDEN CITY TO WAKEENEY LINE CAN EXPECT ON AND OFF
SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL OR SLEET
THROUGH 1 PM CDT.

RICKS

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS
1124 AM CDT WED APR 27 1994

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING KANSAS COUNTIES:

BARBER      FINNEY      HASKELL       MEADE      RUSH       STEVENS
CLARK       FORD        HODGEMAN      MORTON     SCOTT      TREGO
COMANCHE    GRANT       KEARNY        NESS       SEWARD
EDWARDS     GRAY        KIOWA         PAWNEE     STAFFORD
ELLIS       HAMILTON    LANE          PRATT      STANTON

SYNOPSIS:  WARM AIR BEING ADVECTED OVER SHALLOW COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE
WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
NONE OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE THUS SPOTTERS WILL
NOT BE NEEDED.

BERG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1202 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH KANSAS...

AT 1152 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AT DODGE CITY INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM BUCKLIN...IN SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY...TO 10 MILES
EAST OF MEADE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE AND EXTENDING INTO THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE IN THE VICINITY OF BEAVER.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS MOVEMENT WILL PLACE THE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE ST JOHN...FORD...
AND MINNEOLA AREAS BY 1215 PM.  THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN
BEAVER COUNTY OKLAHOMA AND IS BEING MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE HAIL.

RESIDENTS IN SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE
ENTERING THE COUNTY THROUGH ABOUT 3 PM.   RESIDENTS ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

IF A THUNDERSTORM IS IN THE AREA...REMEMBER TO STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN CAUSE SOME CONSEQUENCES.

RICKS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
102 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS LINGERS IN SOUTH KANSAS...

AT 1245 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GENERALLY LIGHT RAIN AND PERHAPS
SOME SMALL SLEET OR HAIL FROM GREAT BEND TO 15 MILES EAST OF DODGE
CITY...10 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY TO 15 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MINNEOLA IN NORTHERN CLARK
COUNTY.  MOVEMENT OF ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE LARNED AND DODGE CITY
AREAS BY 130 PM.

THE TREND OF THE ACTIVITY DURING THE PAST HOUR HAS BEEN
FOR SLOWER FORWARD MOVEMENT AND FLUCTUATING INTENSITIES THAT ARE
REMAINING BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.

THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE AND CONDUCIVE TO
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL GENERALLY UNDER THE SIZE OF A
MARBLE.  THE MOST LIKELY PLACE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WOULD BE
MAINLY EAST OF A WAKEENEY-DODGE CITY-LIBERAL LINE.

PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE
MONITORING NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION
FOR THE LATEST ON THIS UNSETTLED WEATHER SITUATION.

RICKS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
117 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY ACROSS BARBER COUNTY...

AT 115 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT
WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY IN THE VICINITY OF MEDICINE LODGE.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND
LIKELY ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN BARBER AND EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS
TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...TIL 3 PM CDT...AS ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND MOVE INTO
THE AREA.

IF OUTSIDE DURING A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AS LIGHTNING
CAN STRIKE WITH DEADLY RESULTS.

RICKS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
145 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SECTIONS OF BARBER
COUNTY...

AT 140 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
WERE PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL FROM 15 MILES EAST OF PRATT TO
NORTH OF SUN CITY OR 15 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PRATT TO 5 MILES EAST
OF COLDWATER.  MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

PERSONS IN PRATT...BARBER AND EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT HAIL
POSSIBLY EXCEEDING DIME SIZE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.  IF A THUNDERSTORM IS NEAR YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.  CONTINUE TO MONITOR TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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