Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 22, 1995, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)

Expired

May 22, 1995, 2:40 PM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Finney County, KS, Lane County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 221913 COR
SVRDDC
KSC055-101-135-222000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING             ...CORRECTED TO ADD FINNEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS             COUNTY...
210 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...EASTERN LANE COUNTY...EASTERN FINNEY...WESTERN NESS COUNTY

AT 207 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY...14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DIGHTON AND 4 MILES NORTH
KALVESTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE
ALAMOTA AND BEELER AREAS BY 215 PM. LARGE HAIL...HIGH WIND AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE LIKELY.
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
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.


HUTTON

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 22, 11:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1120 AM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

QSTN TDY IS TIMING TSTMS FOR THIS AFTN. MSWIS AND PRFLRS 5M(A,V) HV STG
VORT OVR NM WHICH SHD SWING INTO SW KS BY LATE AFTN JUST IN TIME TO MEET
GREATEST INSTBLTY WITH CAPES ARND 3000 AND LI`S -6 TO -8. S/W SHD ALSO
ALTER SHR PROFILE ENUF TO INCRG SRH INTO THE 200`S. BASED ON THIS...WD
XPCT A LATE AFTN WATCH SOMEWHERE IN THE RGN AND WL THUS UP POPS A BIT
AND WORD FOR LATE AFTN DVLPMT. NO DOUBT OF PCPN TNGT SO WENT CATEGORICAL.
IN FACT...AS FNT COMES IN FM N TO MEET THE JUICE AND VORT MAX FROM THE
SOUTHWEST...XPCT TRAIN ECHOING ALG THE FN FM ARND MEADE NE SO WL GO
FFW THAT AREA FOR TNGT...FFW IN NRN ZN*S WITH THE FNT FOR THIS AFTN.
TONIGHTS LOWS LOOK TOO COOL BASED ON AMNT OF MSTR IN AIR SO BUMPED UP.
REST OF FCST OKAY ATTM.

JOHNSON

In the hours before

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-230000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1113 AM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

SYNOPSIS: A LOW PESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL MOVE SLOWLY
EAST INTO WEST KANSAS TODAY AND WILL MEET UP WITH AN UPPER ATMOSPHERE
DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD SHWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SPREADING NORTHEAST INTO KANSAS. SOME OF THESE
STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL
AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. INSTABILITY IN THE REGION REMAINS
VERY HIGH BUT WIND PROFILES ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO TORNADO DEVELOPMENT.
THE AREA EAST OF A SCOTT CITY...GARDEN CITY AND LIBERAL LINE WILL SEE
THE HEAVIEST RAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT AND FLASH FLOODING AS A STRONG
POSSIBLITY IN THIS AREA.

SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WILL BE NEEDED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT IN MOST AREAS.
JOHNSON

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