Severe Thunderstorm Warning 470, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Sep 18, 1996, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)

Expired

Sep 18, 1996, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Morton County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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
856 PM CDT WED SEP 18 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY KS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN MORTON COUNTY
 
AT 853 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
INDICATED BY DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHFIELD
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHFIELD                                   BY 900 PM CDT


THE STORM WILL PASS OVER OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY
AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE RICHFIELD AREA. IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL LARGER THAN 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
SEVERE T.HUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 18, 3:56 PM CDT, 5 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
350 PM CDT WED SEP 18 1996

...SHORT TERM...
MAIN FCST PRBLM ERLY ON IS CHCS FOR HEAVY RAIN IN AREA TNGT.  WILL CONT
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT.  MAIN REASON FOR THIS IS THAT NRLY
ALL OF CWA RECIEVED FAIRLY DECENT RAFL AMTS LAST NIGHT (WIDESPREAD 1-2
INCH AMTS WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER).  GROUND IS FAIRLY SATURATED SO IT
WON'T TAKE MUCH ADDLN RAFL. FLY IN OINTMENT IS CNVTN FIRING OVR NRN TX
MAY LIMIT BETTER MOIST INFLOW INTO AREA.  STILL WITH FRLY MOIST AIRMSS
IN PLACE AND DESTBLZN DUE TO INC SUNSHINE OVR SWRN PTN CWA SHOULD SEE
TSTMS FIRE AND PROPAGATE NORTHEAST ACRSS AREA.  AS UPPER SYS MOVES OUT
TNGT SHOULD SEE LOW AND ASSOCD CLD FNT MAKING HEADWAY INTO WRN PTNS CWA
LATER TNGT.

...LONGER TERM...
MODELS ALL CONT TO SHOW TREND OF MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYS OUT TO THE
EAST.  MRNG UA ANLYS WAS SHOWED 40M HGT FALLS EAST OF UPPER LOW. WITH
SIG JET MAX ROTATING OUT THRU BOTTOM OF UPPER LOW THIS SEEMS REASONBL.
ON THURSDAY AREA COMES UNDER CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT AND GOOD CAA ALOFT SO
WILL MNTN LINGERING POSTFNTL CLDS AND POSS OF SHWR/TSTM.  BEST CHCS TO
BE OVER NERN PTNS CWA CLOSEST TO UPPER LOW.

WENT WITH A MIX OF FAXN/FWC GDNC TMPS BUT LEANED TWRD WRMR FWC.

DDC 059/073 052/081 050 730
GCK 057/072 048/082 049 730
EHA 056/071 050/081 050 620
LBL 058/073 050/082 051 730
HYS 060/070 050/079 049 730
P28 062/074 054/082 053 730

GERARD

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