Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 18, 1996, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 1996, 7:50 PM CDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Comanche County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
644 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY KS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 750 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...COMANCHE COUNTY
 
AT 643 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DODGE CITY
DOPPLER RADAR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILMORE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
 WILMORE                          BY 715 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.

PARKIN/STOUT

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 3:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
330 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 1996

...MAIN FCST CHALLENGE IS TEMPS TMRW THEN PCPN WED NIGHT AND THURS...

ALL MODELS SHOW VERY WARM H85 TEMPS FCST FROM +31 TO +35 OVER CWA TMRW
WHICH WOULD YIELD TEMPS FROM 100 TO 105. SOME SWERLY DOWNSLOPE AND
SFC DRYING WOULD ENHANCE TEMPS ALSO AS THETA-E AXIS REMAINS EAST OF
REGION. WARM CAPPING LAYER ALOFT SHOULD INHIBIT ANY CONVECTION TMRW.

H5 RDG BEGINS TO PUSH EAST ALLOWING COOL FRONT TO GET CLOSE TO AREA
WEDNESDAY EVE AND THURSDAY. SOME MSTR CONVERG ALONG FRONT AND MINOR
SHRTWVS IN SWERLY FLOW MAY HELP TO SET OFF A FEW TSTRMS SO HAVE PUT
IN 20 PCT POPS TO COVER.

FOR TNGT...SWERLY WNDS AND H7 CAP SHOULD KEEP ANY TRW AT BAY...HOWEVER
SOME HI BASED VIRGA SHOWERS MAY POP UP FAR WEST...SO HAVE DROPPED
TSTRMS FROM EVE PACKAGE.

WILL USE PERSISTENCE FOR MINS TNGT AND WILL GO A LITTLE WARMER THAN
GUIDANCE TMRW WITH HIGH H85 FCST TEMPS AND SOME DRIER AIR. WITH
UNCERTAINTY OF COOL FRONT POSITION ON THURSDAY HAVE OPTED TO GO
WITH COMPROMISE BETWEEN FAN AND FWC GUID FOR THURSDAY.

DDC 065/101 063/093 065 112
GCK 063/100 062/093 063 112
EHA 063/104 060/093 060 112
LBL 063/102 061/093 061 112
HYS 064/095 059/088 065 112
P28 068/103 071/100 073 112

KRUSE

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.