Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1996, 7:23 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1996, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Mullinville, KS | |
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Mullinville, KS | |
| Jun 11, 7:41 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Greensburg, KS | |
| Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 95 | Mullinville, KS | |
| Jun 11, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Mullinville, KS | |
| Jun 11, 8:04 PM CDT | Hail 5 | Mullinville, KS |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 120024 TORDDC KSC097-120115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 723 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...KIOWA COUNTY AT 720 PM...RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENSBURG MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 8 MPH. IT WILL BE OVER OPEN COUNTRY THROUGH 8 PM. THE TORNADO WILL APPROACH HIGHWAY 54 BY 745 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...TAKE COVER NOW! SEARCY/NICHOLS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AT ALL TIMES...YOU SHOULD AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 22 min |
| Jun 11, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Comanche | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.