Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 7, 1995, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Stevens County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1248 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...STEVENS COUNTY
 
AT 1248 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HUGOTON MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE
STORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN COUNTRY...PASSING JUST WEST OF MOSCOW AROUND
100 PM. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODS. IT
ALSO WILL PASS OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN EASTERN STEVENS COUNTY.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER
IN A STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
ZTHUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 7, 10:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1040 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

SVR WX OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...SO WILL JUST WRITE A QUICK DISCUSSION.
RIGHT NOW...IT LOOK AS THROUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE
CWA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE MODELS INDICATE THE DRY SLOT MOVING INTO
THE SW BY 00Z.

POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA AS 65 DEGREE
DEW POINTS FLITERING IN AHEAD OF THE MESO OUTFLOW. WILL HAVE TO WATCH
THIS AREA CAREFULLY. MAY ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER A WIND ADVISORY FOR
THE SW THIS AFTERNOON...AS WINDS FORECAST TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY
WITH THE DRY SLOT. TEMPS SHOULD RISE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AFTER
THE RAIN MOVES THROUGH.

PARKIN

In the hours before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1100 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

SYNOPSIS: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER MOST OF THE REGION
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

PARKIN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.