Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 16, 1995, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)

Expired

May 16, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Kearny County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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
516 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

   ...SOUTHERN KEARNY COUNTY

AT 514 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF LAKIN AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL BE NEAR LAKIN AT 530 PM CDT AND NEAR DEERFIELD BY 540 PM
CDT. IF YOU IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE SHELTER NOW.
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.

BELL


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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 16, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
329 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

PROBLEM WILL BE TIMING THE ONSET OF SEVERE WEATHER.

THE NGM AND ETA PROGS TRIED MOVING THE LOW OFF SOUTHERN CA ACROSS SAN
DIEGO AND INTO NEVADA. HOWEVER...THIS LOW IS NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED
AT H3 AND H5. THIS RENDERS THE H5 AND LOWER LAYER PROGS SUSPECT.
HOWEVER...MY 18Z SFC ANAL SHOWS A SFC LOW OVER SW KS AND THE TX/OK
PANHANDLES. BASED ON THE PRESSURE CHANGE CHART...IT LOOKS REASONABLE TO
MOVE THIS LOW SE OVER NW OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. IN OTHER WORDS...SINCE THIS
MOVEMENT MATCHES WELL WITH THE AVN MODEL PROG VALID THIS EVENING...THE
AVN APPEARS REASONABLE AT THE SFC.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY FIRED UP OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. LOOKING AT
THE SAT LOOPER...IT APPEARS THAT EASTERN COLORADO IS CLEARING OUT WHICH
WILL PERMIT CAP BREAKING HEATING AND A START TO CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
THERE. LAST NIGHT...THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVER EASTERN COLORADO MOVED
SLOWLY EASTWARD. DDC/S 18Z SPECIAL SOUNDING SHOWED LI OF -7.
MODIFICATION TO REFLECT HIGHER TEMPS/DEW POINTS AT VARIOUS LEVELS
RESULTED IN AN LI OF -11 AND GOOD CAPE. SO...INGREDIENTS ARE THERE FOR
MAJOR SEVERE WX THRU WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...THE HELICITY IS QUITE
LOW...WHICH MEANS THAT TONIGHT/S SEVERE STORMS WILL BE MAINLY LARGE
HAIL PRODUCERS...HEAVY RAINMAKERS AND GUST PRODUCERS.

WITH RESPECT TO LAST NIGHT/S SEVERE WX...SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE AT DDC
BROUHGT IN 2.5 INCH HAIL THAT HAD FALLEN ON THEIR LAWNS.

MODELS HAVE BEEN RUNNING A BIT LOW ON TEMPS THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. WITH
PROJECTED MOVEMENT OF THE LOW TO EAST OF DDC/S CWA AND MORE NORTHERLY
FLOW TOMORROW...IT IS RESONABLE TO EXPECT TEMPS TO DROP A BIT.
THEREFORE...AM RECOMMENDING TEMPS CLOSER TO THE FMR MOS.

BELL

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