Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 26, 1996, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1996, 7:05 PM CDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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TTAA00 KDDC 262319
SVRDDC
KSC033-047-097-145-165-270005-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
620 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY KS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 705 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...COMANCHE COUNTY
   ...EDWARDS COUNTY
   ...KIOWA COUNTY
   ...PAWNEE COUNTY

IN CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...RUSH COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM CDT..DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 WEST OF RUSH CENTER TO 25 WEST OF
LARNED TO 10 WEST OF KINSLEY TO 10 MILES WEST OF COLDWATER.  THESE
STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF SEVERAL REPORTS OF WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE
VICINITY OF
              RUSH CENTER BY 640 PM CDT
              LARNED      BY 635 PM CDT
              KINSLEY     BY 630 PM CDT
              COLDWATER   BY 630 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE 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.

NICHOLS/HUTTON

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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 3:31 AM CDT, 14 hours 49 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
332 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

LOOKING AT AVN MDL FOR GUIDNCE...LARGE 5H LOW N AZ EJECTG ABT +20 VORT
MAX TO XTRM SW KS BY 27/00Z AND TRACKS IT NNE BY 12Z TO SC NEBR.  WITH
SFC TRPL PT MOVG NRLY DUE E ACRS S KS...SVR TSTMS LIKELY AGAIN LATE THIS
AFTN AND INTO TNGT.  FLASH FLOOD WATCH NEEDED FOR TREGO..ELLIS..NESS..
RUSH..HODGEMAN..PAWNEE..EDWARDS AND STAFFORD CNTYS LT AFTN INTO TNGT.
PAST 3 NT/S TOTALS 7-8 IN+ IN PARTS OF PAWNEE-EDWARDS-STAFFORD.

DDC 072/054 074/053 079 863
GCK 072/053 075/052 082 652
EHA 073/053 076/052 083 752
LBL 076/058 078/057 082 763
HYS 070/057 072/056 075 863
P28 077/060 078/058 081 764

BURKE

In the hours before

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-260000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
230 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

...TORNADO WATCH ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

SYNOPSIS: A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR LUBBOCK TEXAS...ALONG WITH A
STRONG UPPER AIR LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE AND
LIFTING FAVORABLE FOR CREATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  THE MOST FAVORED AREAS
FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE EAST OF A WAKEENEY TO GARDEN CITY TO
LIBERAL LINE. WITH THE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS...FLASH FRLOODING
IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THIS LINE.  SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ON THE
ALERT FOR DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

NICHOLS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.