Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 12, 1997, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 1997, 12:35 AM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, 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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1145 PM CDT THU JUN 12 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1235 AM CDT
 
* THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MEDICINE LODGE THROUGH 1210 AM AND ISABEL
  THROUGH 1220 AM.

* AT 1141 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARBER STATE LAKE OR 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SHARON MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...BE PREPARED FOR WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.  IF YOU ARE
CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

STOUT/MCAVOY

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 2:42 PM CDT, 9 hours 3 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
240 PM CDT THU JUN 12 1997

FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY.

CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN EASTERN COLORADO ATTM.  SAT SHOWS S/W MOVING
INOT CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AS OF 19Z.  SAT ALSO SHOWS BOUNDARY FROM ABOUT
TRINIDAD, CO ENE TO SALINA.  ACCS HAS BEEN MOVING/DEVELOPING ALONG
BOUNDARY ALL DAY.

SFC TROF FROM EAST TX PANHANDLE TO KANSAS CITY PRODUCING
NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS AND PULLING 60-65 DEWPOINTS BACK WEST INTO
CWA.  AS CONVECTION IN EAST COLORADO MOVES EAST AND S/W MOVES INTO
SOUTHWEST KS...EXPECT TO SEE SCT THUNDERSTORMS(SOME SEVERE) LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.  WITH SPEED OF S/W...STORMS
MAY COME LATE FOR EASTERN HALF.  MAY NEED TO MENTION MORNING
THUNDERSTORMS(?).

NGM/AVN KEEP SFC LOW FURTHER EAST THAN ETA WITH ETA MOVING IT INTO
WESTERN TN BY 48 HOURS.  NGM/AVN LOOKS BETTER.  IF THIS
HAPPENS...EASTERNLY UPSLOPE SHOULD REMAIN FRI AND SAT AS UPPER
DIFFLUENT FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE.  SO...WILL MENTION TSRA IN ALL
PERIODS.  WILL LIKELY MAKE LAST MINUTE DECISION ON WHAT AND WHEN FOR
POPS IN ALL AREAS...BUT ATTM WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME MENTION IN ALL
ZONES THROUGH SAT.  WE'LL SEE.

ONE PROBLEM IS THAT WE MAY GET INTO LOTS OF UPSLOPE STRATUS WICH WOULD
KEEP TEMPS COOLER THAN FORECAST.  WILL CUT TEMPS BACK A BIT FROM
GUIDANCE FOR SAT.

DDC 060/076 059/083 060 432
GCK 060/077 057/083 061p 522
EHA 057/079 057/084 059 522
LBL 059/078 058/083 060 422
HYS 060/076 059/083 060 532
P28 065/082 064/085 064 332

REITER

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.