Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 11, 1997, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 1997, 11:40 PM CDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Ellis County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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 - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1038 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1140 PM CDT
 
* AT 1033 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF CATHERINE OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF ELLIS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  THIS STORM WILL AFFECT YOCEMENTO BY 1105 PM
  THIS STORM WILL AFFECT HAYS BY 1105 PM
  THIS STORM WILL AFFECT CATHERINE BY 1110 PM

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...EXPECT WINDS OF
75 MPH OR GREATER...HAIL LARGER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND
TORRENTIAL RAIN.  SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  HEAVY RAIN CAN FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY.  YOU SHOULD NEVER TRY
TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

STOUT/MCAVOY

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 11, 2:50 PM CDT, 7 hours 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
250 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997

CHC OF SVR WX IS MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THIS VERSION.

CU FIELD EAST OF LBL-HYS AS OF 19Z.  ALSO WEAK CONVECTION WAS STARTING
UP IN FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.  DEWPOINTS OF 60 TO 65 PUSHING INTO CWA
THIS AFTERNOON WITH LEE TROF IN EASTERN COLORADO WITH DRYLINE NEAR
CO/KS BORDER.

BEST THTA ADVECTION OVER FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER OF STATE WITH AREA OF
CONVERGENCE AROUND TRB.  WAVE CLOUDS DEVELOPED LEE OF MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON AND SOME ASSOCIATED ENHANCED CU HAS DEVELOPED OVER EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO. WIND PROFILES DO NOT LOOK ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE...BUT
ETA CAPES EXCEED 3000J/KG OVER SOUTHEAST CWA BY 00Z...SO PERHAPS
TORNADOES(?) WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANYWAY...EXPECT THAT AS ALL THIS MOVES
EAST INTO BETTER MOISTURE AND WITH WEAK PVA MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST
CORNER BY 00Z SHOULD SEE CONVECTION BECOME MORE ORGANIZED.

FOR THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT...SFC FLOW SHOULD RETURN TO SOUTHEASTLY AND
SHOULD KEEP GOOD MOISTURE IN WESTERN KANSAS.  UPPER FLOW BECOMES
DIFFLUENT OVER CWA WITH WEAK S/W.  MAY SEE ANOTHER BOUT IN THE
AFTERNOON.  WILL PUT POPS IN FOR LATE DAY TSRA AND EVENING WORDING.

.DDC...NONE

DDC 062/086 059/080 060 533
GCK 061/087 059/080 060 434
EHA 059/088 058/081 059 213
LBL 060/088 058/081 060 413
HYS 062/086 059/080 060 313
P28 064/087 061/082 062 535

REITER

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
905 PM CDT (805 PM MDT) WED JUN 11 1997

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 402 FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A NEW TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL
KANSAS AND POINTS TO THE NORTH AND EAST UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY
MORNING.

STOUT

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.