Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 8, 1996, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1996, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Stafford County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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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TTAA00 KDDC 090000
SVRDDC
KSC185-090045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
700 PM CDT WED MAY 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY
 
AT 658 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ON A LINE FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF IUKA TO NEAR NEOLA
OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF PRATT TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRATT. THESE
STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
BASEBALLS...ALONG WITH HIGH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN. THESE STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY WITH THE LEADING EDGE DRIFTING
SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.
 
 
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY
SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
RUTHI/NICHOLS
 
 
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 8, 3:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
335 PM CDT WED MAY 8 1996

NGM MODEL CONTINUES TO DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE POSITION OF SFC
FEATURES AS COMPARED TO THE ETA AND AVN. BASED ON CURRENT POSITION
AND PAST PERFORMANCE BY THE ETA AND AVN...WILL STICK WITH THEM.
SFC LOW AT 18Z WAS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE JUST
SOUTH OF LBL...AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTH THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. THICKNESSES REMAIN IN THE 576-582 RANGE AND 850
TEMPS BACK INTO THE +25 TO +30 RANGE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS SFC
FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE DAY. THEREFORE...IT LOOKS
LIKE ONE MORE HOT DAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE STATE
OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. 500 MB PATTERN BECOMES A BIT MORE ZONAL ON
THURSDAY...WHICH SHOULD ALSO AID IN THE DOWNSLOPE WARMING. CLOUDS
SHOULD NOT BE AS MUCH OF A HINDERANCE AS SUBSIDENCE TAKES OVER.
GENERALLY FOLLOWED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS...BUT ADDED A FEW~
DEGREES TO THURSDAYS HIGHS FOR THE DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT.

DDC  060/089 056/070 048 103
GCK  058/090 055/071 046 003
EHA  058/092 057/072 048 002
LBL  060/091 056/071 047 003
HYS  060/088 054/067 043 103
P28  065/090 061/073 050 303

PARKIN

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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.