Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 275, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1996, 10:10 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1996, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1996, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 25, 3:47 PM CDT, 6 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:47 PM CDT, 6 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 330 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 1996 FCST PBLM CONTS TO BE CNVCTN THRU FCST PD. IN SHORT TERM...MONSOONAL MSTR CONTS TO WRAP ARND UPR HI OVER LWR MISSOURI VALLEY AND WL CONT TO FEED DEEP MSTR WWRD THRU HI PLNS RGN. DDC RAOB THIS AM NOT REPRESENTATIVE WITH LO LVL MSTR AND XPCT THETAE RDG TO RETROGRADE WWRD THRU THE AFTN. ETA MDL IMAGES ON GARP AGREE WITH >360K THETAE RDG OVR W KS TNGT. MNWHL...SAT IMAGES HV VORT MOVG N OUT OF XTRM E NM TO ARRIVE THIS EVE IN PNHNDLS. THIS FEATURE BEST HANDLED BY NGM. WITH THIS COMBO AND CAPES WELL OVR 4000 J/KG ON MODIFIED AND PROG SOUNDINGS WL JUMP POPS TNGT TO LIKELY. PCBL H20 OVR 150 PCNT OF NORMAL. RICKS METHOD HAS LCL AMNTS AT 8 INCHES IN ISOLD STORMS SO WL ALSO GO FFW ACRS MUCH OF AREA FOR OVRNGT PD. IN LONGER TERM...FCST PRBLM CONTS TO BE TIMING OF S/W'S IN SSWRLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW. RIDGE AXIS CONTS TO BE NRLY STNRY FROM NRN PLNS INTO SRN MS VALLEY THRU 48 HRS. ALL THREE MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS EXCEPT FOR SOME MINOR DIFFS IN STRENGTH OF FEATURES. MODELS HINT AT ANOTHER S/W COMING UP FM SRN PLNS WED EVE/NGT. WILL WORD FCST POPS ACRDNGLY. MODELS KEEP SWRN KS IN FAVORABLE AREA ON BACKSIDE OF UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FOR CONTD MOIST ADVCTN FROM TROPICS. THIS SHOULD KEEP POSS OF TRW AROUND CLEAR THRU XTNDED PD AND THNK XTNDED FORECAST SHOULD REFLECT THIS. NOT VERY GOOD DRYING CONDS FOR HARVEST OPNS. FWC/FAN TMP FCSTS ARE IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT AND CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE. WILL GENRLLY FOLLOW XCPT WILL KNOCK OFF A COUPLE DEG FOR TNGTS LOWS IN RAIN COOLED AIR. .SW KS...FFA TNGT KSZ061>065-074>080-084>089 DDC 061/090 064/090 063 613 GCK 062/091 063/091 062 613 EHA 062/091 063/091 062 613 LBL 063/092 065/092 063 613 HYS 063/089 064/089 063 613 P28 067/094 069/094 068 713 GERARD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:47 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Seward | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Morton | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.