Severe Thunderstorm Warning 343, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jul 22, 1996, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)

Expired

Jul 22, 1996, 6:05 PM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Pratt County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KDDC 222234
SVRDDC
KSC151-222305-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
533 PM CDT MON JUL 22 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY KS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 605 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...EASTERN PRATT COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY
DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF PRATT MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...


 SAWYER                           BY 533 PM CDT
 PRESTON                          BY 540 PM CDT
 CAIRO                            BY 545 PM CDT
 
WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

RADOHL/GERARD

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 22, 4:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
426 PM CDT MON JUL 22 1996

SHORT TERM...
BEEN PLAYING "KETCHUP" ALL DAY WITH EARLY AM CONVECTION MOVING OUT OF
NEBRASKA AND WEAKER CONVECTION MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. S/WV
LOBE APPEARS TO BE MOVING ACROSS NOW HELPING TO FIRE THE PRESENT
CONVECITON.  STORMS STARTED PULSE BUT ARE GETTING MORE ORGANIZED.  WENT
WITH HIGH POPS ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST 2/3 OF CWA WITH LESSER POPS NORTH.
MODELS STILL HINT AT S/WV LATER TONIGHT.  ALL MODELS HAVING USUAL
DIFFICULTIES HANDLING WK S/WV'S IN NW FLOW ALOFT.

LONG TERM...
SERIES OF S/WV TROFS TO CONTINUE MVG ACRS IN NW FLOW FOR NEXT SVRL
DAYS.  SENSIBLE WX WL BE DEPENDENT ON PREVIOUS DAYS CONVECTION MOVING
SFC BOUNDARIES ARND...CHANGING FOCUSING AREAS.  LEFT OVER CONVECTION
SHLD WARRANT AT LEAST 30 PERCENT POPS TMRW WITH LIKELY CAT TMRW NIGHT.
WITH DECENT S/WV LATE TMRW/TMRW NGT...EAST/SOUTHEAST BNDRY LYR WND AND
HIGH PW AIR...SHLD HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION THEN.
WENT NEAR OR A LITTLE BELOW GUID TEMPS AND ABOVE GUID POPS.  AVN STILL
HAVING PROBLEMS WITH POPS.

DDC 064/085 063/086 063 836    GCK 063/087 063/087 063 736
EHA 064/089 065/087 064 736    LBL 063/088 064/088 064 736
HYS 062/084 062/086 063 426    P28 069/090 065/087 066 836

HUTTON

In the hours before

KSZ031-046-222220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
414 PM CDT MON JUL 22 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED EARLY THIS
MORNING AND VALID UNTIL 5PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED SOUTH.  ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL A CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

HUTTON

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