Tornado Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 11, 1996, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Comanche County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KDDC 120109
TORDDC
KSC033-120145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
809 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY
 
AT 806 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED A DEVELOPING
TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUTTERMILK...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COLDWATER....MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL REMAIN OVER
OPEN COUNTRY IN SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
BURKE

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 11, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
359 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 1996

PREFERRED TO USE THE NGM MODEL SINCE NGM USUALLY HANDLES MONSOONAL
MOISTURE RETURN BETTER (W GULF NWD TO W SIDE OF ROCKIES/UPR HI PRES).
BUT, SINCE NCEP HAD SUCH TROUBLE GENERATING NGM GRAPHICS...FCST SWAYED
BY ETA/AVN COMPROMISE.  AVN SEEMS TO DO BEST BEST SFC FEATURES THIS
PACKAGE...MOVING SFC TROF E TO ABT DDC BY 12/00Z.  MINOR PVA CNTRS
SWIRLING OUT AND ACRS TOP OF STRG HI PRES RDG/DOME OVER E COLORADO.
LIKE NGM FOR TIMING OF VORT MAXS CROSSING CWA.  SO WENT WITH CHC CAT
DURING NT PDS AND SLGT CHC IN DAY.

WATCH NEEDED FOR E TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES EARLY THIS EVENING WHERE MOISTR
CONVERGING ALONG VRY WEAK DRYLINE (60S VS 50S DWPTS).  LIGHT S FLOW HAS
PERSISTED THERE ALL DAY...ADVECTING MOISTR N FROM OK.  ANOTHER SVR
WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING W OF CURRENT WATCH.

DDC 063/092 062/094 061 232
GCK 063/093 062/095 061 323
EHA 063/094 063/095 062 323
LBL 062/094 063/094 062 323
HYS 062/089 060/090 058 332
P28 064/092 062/092 060 332

BURKE

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