Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS
1108 AM CDT SAT APR 9 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:  LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL SUPPLY THE
REGION WITH A WET AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FOR ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE ACROSS KIOWA...COMANCHE...PRATT...$
AND BARBER COUNTIES. SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED IN THOSE LOCATIONS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

PAB

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
118 PM CDT SAT APR 9 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS DURING
THE AFTERNOON...

AT 110 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DODGE CITY INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO...ABOUT 50 MILES
WEST OF ELKHART.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND
SHOULD ENTER EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS BETWEEN 230 AND 330 PM CDT.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF STRONG OR POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  THESE
STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TOWARD EVENING.
LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  PERSONS
ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE WEATHER
CHANNEL FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

CRAVEN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
144 PM CDT SAT APR 9 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 60 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT AND
INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.  SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SYRACUSE...GARDEN
CITY...DODGE CITY...LARNED...ULYSSES...ELKHART...LIBERAL...
GREENSBURG...ASHLAND...PRATT...AND MEDICINE LODGE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE COLORADO BORDER BY 300 PM
CDT.  THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND SPREAD EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING.  THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS IS LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL.

PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THUNDER.

CRAVEN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
216 PM CDT SAT APR 9 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEARING DOWN ON EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 212 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY RAIN 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKHART AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ELKHART.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND
SHOULD MOVE INTO THE SAUNDERS AND ELKHART AREAS BY 300 PM.

nDANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS.  PERSONS IN STANTON AND MORTON COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN
A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THUNDER.

CRAVEN