Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Apr 29, 1995, 1:21 AM MDT (07:21 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 1995, 2:00 AM MDT

In force

39 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
221 AM CDT (121 AM MDT) SAT APR 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CDT (200 AM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY
 
AT 220 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST HAMILTON
COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE HARTLAND...LAKIN...AND DEERFIELD.
 
 
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.
 
 
PARKIN/GERARD

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 28, 8:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
900 PM CDT FRI APR 28 1995

THE FORECAST PROBLEM FOR THE EVENING IS WHETHER OR NOT ANY PRECIP IS
GOING TO OCCUR OVER THE AREA. DEW POINTS HAVE MOVED UP INTO THE LOWER 50S
OVER MUCH OF THE REGION...WHICH MAY BE ENOUGH. LIS ARE NOW AROUND -4
OVER THE AREA AND THE CAP STRENGTH HAS WEAKENED...SO THE THREAT IS
DEFINITELY STILL THERE. THE THING THAT MAY HOLD IT BACK IS THE LOSS OF
SFC HEATING WITH SUNSET. RADAR ALSO INDICATING SOMETHING FORMING IN
SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND MOVING INTO THE CWA...BUT WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT
AND SEE IF THERE IS ENOUGH FOR IT TO DEVELOP ANY FURTHER.

THE MODELS HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE
SFC LOW FORECAST. IT APPEARS THAT THE AVN HAS THE BEST HANDLE ON IT SINCE
THE 12 HR FORECAST FROM THIS MORNING PUT IT IN JUST ABOUT THE LOCATION
ITS IN NOW. THE OTHER MODELS KEPT IT TOO FAR NORTH. THEREFORE...IT LOOKS
LIKE THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
THE CWA AROUND 09Z AND BE THROUGH THE GCK AND DDC AREAS BY 12Z.
WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT LOOSENS UP QUITE A BIT DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY
...SO LOOK FOR A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS.

MOS GUIDANCE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE TOO WARM ON OVERNIGHT LOWS AND A
LITTLE TOO COOL ON DAYTIME HIGHS...SO SHOULD BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.

PARKIN

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.