Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 26, 1996, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1996, 7:20 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Trego 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 262333
SVRDDC
KSC051-135-195-270020-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY KS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 720 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY
   ...SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY
 
AT 632 PM CDT...A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DODGE
CITY DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF BROWNELL MOVING NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
 BROWNELL                         BY 635 PM CDT
 CEDAR BLUFF                      BY 645 PM CDT
 SCHOENCHEN                       BY 655 PM CDT
 ANTONINO                         BY 700 PM CDT
 RIGA                             BY 705 PM CDT
 ELLIS                            BY 710 PM CDT
 MUNJOR                           BY 710 PM CDT
 YOCEMENTO                        BY 715 PM CDT
 TOULON                           BY 715 PM CDT
 HAYS                             BY 715 PM CDT

 A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
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.

NICHOLS/HUTTON

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 3:31 AM CDT, 15 hours 3 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

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
630 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

...THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS IS OUT...

...THE WARNING ALARM TONE IS ALSO OFF THE AIR...

SEVERE THUDERSTORMS PASSING OVER THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER
SIGHT HAVE KNOCKED THE RADIO OFF THE AIR TEMPORARILY. TECHNICIANS
ARE WORKING HARD ON THE PROBLEM AND HOPE TO HAVE IT BACK ON THE AIR
SOON. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

JOHNSON

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.