Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 7, 1995, 5:16 AM CDT (10:16 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Ford County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KDDC 071017
SVRDDC
KSC057-071100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
516 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...FORD COUNTY
 
AT 515 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM
WILL REACH DODGE CITY BY 530 AM CDT BRINGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR
THE PATH OF THIS STORM OR IN THE DODGE CITY AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
JOHNSON

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 7, 3:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
348 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

NGM/AVN SIMILAR WITH FCST OF STRONG SHRTWV BECOMG NEG TILTED AND MOVG
INTO SWRN KS THIS AM. MCS/MCC DVLP NEAR AMA TO EHA SHLD MOV NEWRD WITH
POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING INTO SWRN KS THIS AM. DRY LINE WILL BE FOCUS
OF SVR CVCTN THIS AFTN IF AND WHEN MCS MOVS NEWRD. NEG TILT TROF TO
PROVIDE 45-50 DEGREE SHEAR PROFILE THIS AFTN FOR ROTATING STORMS.
FCST DRY SLOT/DRY LINE TO BE THRU EHA BY 12Z/LBL 14Z/LBL 18Z/GCK
20Z DDC AND 22Z/P28...WITH WINDS GUST TO 35K AND TEMPS SOARING INTO
70S.

KRUSE

In the hours before

KSZ030-031-043-044-045-046-061-062-063-064-074-075-076-077-078-
084-085-086-087-088-071115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
511 AM CDT (411 AM MDT) SUN MAY 7 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY STRONG WINDS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE
REGION...

AT 500 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM AROUND SCOTT CITY SOUTH THROUGH GARDEN CITY...CIMARRON AND MEADE
MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED
BY VERY STRONG WINDS. WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED TO 50 TO 60 MILES
AN HOUR ALONG THE LINE OF STORMS DUE TO STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS ACROSS
THE AREA. GARDEN CITY AIRPORT REPORTED A BRIEF WIND GUST OF 75 MILES AN
HOUR AT 447 AM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT FROM HAYS...DODGE CITY
AND ASHLAND WEST. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS NEAR ALL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.

JOHNSON

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