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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 504, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 16, 1996Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 1996, 5:19 AM CST for Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 16, 1996, 5:19 AM CST (11:19 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 1996, 6:05 AM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 161122 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC069-081-161205-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
519 AM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

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

IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

   ...WESTERN GRAY COUNTY
   ...EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY
 
AT 515 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DODGE CITY
DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES WEST OF MONTEZUMA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TICE                                        BY 522 AM CST
  COPELAND                                    BY 530 AM CST
 h
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.  STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

SEARCY/GERARD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 16, 4:12 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 4:12 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
410 AM CST SAT NOV 165 1996

...SHORT TERM...
ONGOING CONVECTION...PRECIP TYPE/ENDING TIME AND TEMPS ALL COMBINING TO
PRODUCE A DIFFICULT FORECAST THIS AM.  WILL MAKE IT SHORT SINCE I/M
WELL BEHIND THE 8-BALL.

HAVE OPTED TO KEEP IN NEAR 100 PERCENT POPS THIS AM FOR TRW THEN OVER
WESTERN ZONES...RAIN TO CHANCE TO FZRA THEN SN BY AFTERNOON.
VERY STRONG VORT MAX OVER NW NEW MEX NOW BEGINNING TO EJECT.  SHOULD
PASS VCNTY OK PAN LATER THIS MORNING.  NUMEROUS INDICATORS POINTING AT
WIDESPREAD PRECIP EVENT TODAY.  GENERALLY LIQUID...BUT POTENTIAL FOR
FREEZING THEN FROZEN OVER WSW AREA.  COULD SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES. 1000-500
DPVA...300 DIV...Q-VECTORS ALL SUPPORT THIS.  ONLY CONCERN IS SLOWNESS
OF COLD AIR ENTERING NW AND WEST CENTRAL KS.

...LONG TERM...
SNOW COULD OVERSPREAD ALOT OF CWA...BUT NOT TOO MUCH IN WAY OF ACCUM S
AND E OF DDC.  UPPER SUPPORT TO MOVE TOO FAST AND WILL OUTRUN COLD AIR
AT SFC.  BY TONIGHT THOUGH...VERY COLD TEMPS...AND WITH SNOW ON GROUND
HAVE UNDERCUT GUID.  SUNDAY TO SEE ONLY A SMALL WARMUP WITH SNOW SOME
CLOUDS.

...EXTENDED...
MRF CONTINUES TO FORECAST THE WEATHER ON VENUS OR MERCURY.  IT
CONTINUES TO BE WAY TOO WARM...BY 20 OR 30 DEGREES IF NOT MORE ON
MONDAY.  LIKE THE EUROPEAN MODELS...AND PER LATEST PMDHMD AND SFP...
WOULD STICK WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING.

COORD ICT/GLD/AMA...THX TO ALL.

DDC 050/022 037/030 054 +10
GCK 040/018 034/027 051 +10
EHA 047/019 038/031 053 +10
LBL 051/023 039/032 054 +10
HYS 042/017 032/026 050 +10
P28 058/026 040/034 052 930

SEARCY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 16, 12:40 AM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DODGE CITY KS
1240 AM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0435 PM    10 S MEADE                KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   MEADE                          GROUND COVERED

0438 PM    13 S MONTEZUMA            KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   GRAY

0440 PM    12 N MEADE                KS   0.88 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   MEADE

0450 PM    15 W ASHLAND              KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   CLARK

0508 PM    6 NE FOWLER               KS   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   CLARK

0522 PM    16 SW DODGE CITY          KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   FORD

0530 PM    4 SE MEADE                KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   MEADE

0532 PM    6 E MINNEOLA              KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   CLARK

0535 PM    DODGE CITY AIRPORT        KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   FORD

0843 PM    CIMARRON                  KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   GRAY

0920 PM    22 W LARNED               KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   PAWNEE

LEE/STOUT

Local storm report, Nov 16, 12:41 AM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DODGE CITY KS
1240 AM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0435 PM    10S MEADE                 KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   MEADE                          GROUND COVERED

0438 PM    13S MONTEZUMA             KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   GRAY

0440 PM    12N MEADE                 KS   0.88 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   MEADE

0450 PM    15W ASHLAND               KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   CLARK

0508 PM    6NE FOWLER                KS   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   CLARK

0522 PM    16SW DODGE CITY           KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   FORD

0530 PM    4 SE MEADE                KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   MEADE

0532 PM    6E MINNEOLA               KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   CLARK

0535 PM    WFO DDC                   KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   FORD

0843 PM    CIMARRON                  KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   GRAY

0920 PM    22W LARNED                KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   PAWNEE

LEE/STOUT

Local storm report, Nov 16, 1:06 AM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DODGE CITY KS
1240 AM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0435 PM    10 S MEADE                KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   MEADE                          GROUND COVERED

0438 PM    13 S MONTEZUMA            KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   GRAY

0440 PM    12 N MEADE                KS   0.88 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   MEADE

0450 PM    15 W ASHLAND              KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   CLARK

0508 PM    6 NE FOWLER               KS   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   CLARK

0522 PM    16 SW DODGE CITY          KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   FORD

0530 PM    4 SE MEADE                KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   MEADE

0532 PM    6 E MINNEOLA              KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   CLARK

0535 PM    DODGE CITY AIRPORT        KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   FORD

0843 PM    CIMARRON                  KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   GRAY

0920 PM    22 W LARNED               KS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/96   PAWNEE

LEE/STOUT

Special weather statement, Nov 16, 4:10 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

KSZ046-064>066-077>081-086>090-161115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
410 AM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

THE WIND ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.  THIS INCLUDES THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
SOUTH OF A LIBERAL...JETMORE...RUSH CENTER AND STAFFORD LINE
EXTENDING SOUTH TO MEDICINE LODGE.

SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS AHEAD OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA.
WINDS WILL BE GUSTY WITH THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BUT WILL DECREASE
TO 10 TO 20 MPH FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AFTER THE STORMS PASS.

GERARD

Special weather statement, Nov 16, 4:12 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

KSZ046-064>066-077>081-086>090-161115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
410 AM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

THE WIND ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.  THIS INCLUDES THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
SOUTH OF A LIBERAL...JETMORE...RUSH CENTER AND STAFFORD LINE
EXTENDING SOUTH TO MEDICINE LODGE.

SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS AHEAD OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA.
WINDS WILL BE GUSTY WITH THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BUT WILL DECREASE
TO 10 TO 20 MPH FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AFTER THE STORMS PASS.

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 6:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	33 min
Nov 15, 6:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	31 min
Nov 15, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	32 min
Nov 15, 8:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	48 min
Nov 16, 2:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	46 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.