Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 24, 1996, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)

Expired

May 24, 1996, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Stafford County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
626 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY KS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...NORTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
 
AT 625 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DODGE CITY
DOPPLER RADAR 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RADIUM MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
 RADIUM                           BY 630 PM CDT
 SEWARD                           BY 630 PM CDT
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING BTORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND
IF AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PARKIN/NICHOLS

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 24, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
345 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996

THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS THE CHANCE OF TSTMS TONIGHT AND SAT.
18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWED THE FRONT STRETCHING FROM NEAR AMA TO LBL TO
JUST SOUTH OF TOP AND INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. WINDS ARE GENERALLY
RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE FRONT...SO EXPECT VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. THE
MODELS ALL INDICATE LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS JUST NORTH OF GAGE WITH SFC LIS
BETWEEN -2 AND -8 ACROSS THE CWA. NSAT INDICATING SOME DEVELOPMENT IN
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE RIGHT ALONG THE DRYLINE/FRONT INTERSECTION. THE
CAP HAS CONTINUED TO WEAKEN OVER THE AREA ALL DAY...SO EXPECT ANY
CONVECTION IN TEXAS TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE BOUNDARY
AND INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. THE VERY
NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CWA...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE
FROM EHA TO GCK TO HYS HAS REMAINED CLOUDY AND COOLER ALL DAY.
THEREFORE...DO NOT EXPECT AS MUCH OF A CHANCE OF TSTMS DUE TO NOT
AS MUCH SIGNIFICANT SFC HEATING.

ON SATURDAY...ETA SHOWS AN INTENSIFYING SHORTWAVE PUSHING INTO THE
REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH THE BOUNDARY REMAINING STATIONARY.
THIS COMBINATION IS ENOUGH TO AT LEAST KEEP THE MENTION OF TSTMS IN THE
FORECAST. GUIDANCE INDICATES DEWPOINTS TO REMAIN IN THE UPPER 50S OR
LOW 60S OVER MUCH OF THE CWA.

GENERALLY FOLLOWED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS. WINDS MAY BE A CONCERN
BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THE FRONT MAKES ANY NORTHWARD MOVEMENT ON
SATURDAY.

DDC  062/082 058/073 054 634
GCK  060/081 056/074 052 634
EHA  058/084 056/075 054 634
LBL  060/084 057/075 053 634
HYS  061/078 054/072 050 634
P28  066/085 061/076 055 634

PARKIN

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