Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 8, 1996, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1996, 11:15 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 090330
SVRDDC
KSC151-185-090415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1029 PM CDT WED MAY 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN PRATT COUNTY...SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY
 
AT 1026 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH
OF BYERS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER OPEN
COUNTRY ALONG THE PRATT/STAFFORD COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
PARKIN

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 8, 3:39 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 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

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.