Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 8, 1996, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 090055
SVRDDC
KSC047-097-057-090200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
754 PM CDT WED MAY 8 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 SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EDWARDS COUNTY...WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN FORD COUNTY
 
AT 752 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF WINDTHORST TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF BELPRE.
THE LINE SLOWLY NORTHWARD AT 10 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR MULLINVILLE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IT WILL
PASS OVER OPEN COUNTRY AND CROSS HIGHWAY 183 ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
GREENSBURG BY 830 PM CDT. ALL THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...HIGH WINDS OVER 60 MPH...ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE ACTION NOW.
 
 
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

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 8, 3:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 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.