Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 24, 1996, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 1996, 9:10 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Ford County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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
823 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY KS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 910 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

   ...FORD COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY DODGE
CITY DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF KINGSDOWN MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS OF NEAR 60
MPH.


THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
 KINGSDOWN                        BY 825 PM CDT
 SPEARVILLE                       BY 825 PM CDT
 FORD                             BY 828 PM CDT
 BELLEFONT                        BY 835 PM CDT
 WINDTHORST                       BY 835 PM CDT
 BUCKLIN                          BY 840 PM CDT
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM T(HE 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.


MCAVOY/STOUT

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 41 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.