Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 24, 1996, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
818 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN LANE COUNTY...NESS COUNTY
 
AT 818 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF PENDENNIS TO 8 MILES SOUTH
OF NESS CITY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES
PER HOUR. WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH IN
DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
 
THE STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN NESS CITY BY 830 PM...ARNOLD BY 830...AND
RANSOM BY 835 PM.
 
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.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO
WATER-COVERED ROADS.
 
WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS IN
SHIELDS AT 813 PM.
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 3:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
340 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1996

...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS PROBLEM OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...

AT 18Z SFC CHART INDICATED STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN KS
WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S OVER MOST OF THE STATE. NGM AND
ETA AGREE IN BRINGING ANOTHER S/W AROUND PERIPHERY OF UPPER HIGH
TNGT THROUGH NEBRASKA WITH GOOD THETA E RIDGE POKING THROUGH ALL
BUT EXTREME WESTERN COUNTIES. WENT 50 POP TRW NRN 4 COUNTIES...
CLOSEST TO FEATURE...40 TO 30 POP ELSEWHERE.

NGM AND ETA REMARKABLY SIMILAR WITH VORT FEATURES AT 50H BRING
WEAK S/W TOWARD SRN KS LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. FELT
20 TO 30 POP WARRENTED WITH FEATURE AS DEW POINTS WILL REMAIN
HIGH WITH POSSIBLE REMNANTS OF FNT.

KEPT LOW CHANCE TRW IN WED WITH DEW POINTS REMAINING VERY HIGH
AND SURFACE TROUGH.
FOLLOWED PERSISTENCE ON MINS AND NEAR GUIDANCE ON MAX TEMPS.

DDC  068/093 068/094 068 423
GCK  067/092 067/0^94 067 333
EHA  065/095 066/095 066 333
LBL  069/097 069/097 069 333
HYS  068/093 068/094 068 333
P28  072/097 072/097 072 323

CICCONE

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.