Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jul 23, 1996, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)

Expired

Jul 23, 1996, 10:55 PM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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
1023 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY KS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1055 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

   ...MORTON COUNTY
   ...WESTERN STEVENS COUNTY

THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
 
AT 1021 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DODGE CITY
DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 4 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROLLA
MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
 ROLLA                            BY 1025 PM CDT
 WILBURTON                        BY 1025 PM CDT
 FETERITA                         BY 1025 PM CDT
 HUGOTON                          BY 1035 PM CDT
 ELKHART                          BY 1025 PM CDT

 A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
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.

CICCONE/STOUT

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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 23, 3:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
345 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 1996

SHORT...
S/WV TRF ANALYZED IN WYOMING THIS AM (50H) INTERACTING WITH VERY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN E COLO AND W KS.  TRW FIRED VERY...VERY RAPIDLY
NORTH OF GLD THIS PM.  THIS IS JUST THE START.  MODELS SOMEWHAT
(SUPRISINGLY) CONSISTENT WITH THIS S/WV (EXCPT AVN)...MVG IT ACRS THE
CWA NXT 12/24 HRS.  STRONG (AT LEAST FOR SUMMER) MID/UPR LVL WIND FIELD
ABOVE INCREASING LOW LVL S/SE FLOW...ALONG WITH THE S/WV AND VERY
UNSTABLE AIR TO ALLOW FOR SVR DEVELOPMENT...INCLUDING TORNADOES.  HEAVY
RAIN WILL ALSO BE A THREAT AND THOUGHT ABOUT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
BUT...WITH THE FAIRLY QUICK STORM MOVEMENT...THE THREAT IS LESSENED.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION WLD BE FOR TRAINING.   WL STL HAV TO WATCH CLOSELY.
WENT NEAR GUID ON TEMPS BUT ABOVE ON POPS...ESPLY AVN.

LONG...
CONTINUED NW FLOW WITH OCCASIONAL S/WV'S.  THNK OVERNIGHT MCS WL BE
MOVING OUT IN THE AM SO WENT WITH DECREASING POPS.  ATMOS SHOULD BE
STABALIZED TMRW.  MORE STORMS PSBL TMRW NIGHT IF CONVECTION MOVES OFF
THE FRONT RANGE.  THNK THREAT SHLD BE FURTHER WEST AS EASTERN CWA
SHOULD BE STABLIZED ENUF...BUT STILL NOT RULING OUT.  KEPT POPS OUT FOR
THUR.SDAY BUT THREAT OF CONVECTION VERY LATE IN THE DAY.

DDC 062/082 062/082 063 733
GCK 061/081 062/082 062 733
EHA 063/082 064/083 064 733
LBL 064/082 063/083 063 733
HYS 061/080 060/082 061 722
P28 065/086 066/087 065 743

HUTTON

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