Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 15, 1997, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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
1027 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  ZENITH                 BY 1030 PM CDT
  PRESTON                THROUGH 1045 PM CDT
  STAFFORD               BY 1032 PM CDT

RURAL RESIDENTS OF EASTERN PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD
COUNTY

* AT 1024 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 1 MILE SOUTH OF NEOLA MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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.

CICCONE/STOUT

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
340 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997

BIGGEST CHALLENGE THIS FCST IS WHERE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE.
THEN...HOW CLOUDS WILL INFLUENCE TEMPS PDS 2 AND 3.

19Z SFC CHART CHART SHOWS SURFACE LOW ALMOST DIRECTLY OVER GCK WITH
WEAK DRY LINE TRAILING SW INTO ERN NM.  60+ DEW PTS COVER ERN 2/3RDS OF
CWA.  20Z ADAP SHOWS LI/S OF -6 ACRS ALL CWA AND NO CAP AS OF
20Z...THUS TSTMS COULD FIRE ANY TIME NOW.  FOR NOW...THINK FIRST
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG BOUNDRY MARKED BY LINE OF CU FROM WEST OF HYS
TO WEST OF GCK.  THEN...THIS LN OF STORMS SHOULD MARCH EASTWARD AS
STORMS MOVE NEWD.  MUCH RICHER SFC MOISTURE IN E PART OF CWA...WITH 19Z
DEW PTS IN 67-68 DEG RANGE.  UPR FLOW VEERS(SLIGHTLY) TO WEST AND
SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING SHOWS WEAK CAA TAKING PLACE ALOFT.  THIS ALL
POINTS TO PSBL SVR STORMS THIS EVENING IN S AND CNTRL PARTS OF CWA...WL
MENTION PSBL SVR THERE BUT WITH CHC POPS.
MODELS ALL IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH TAKING SFC FRNT MARCHING ACROS
CWA FROM NW TNGT...THEN FROM W OKLA TO NE MO BY 16/12Z...THEN HIGH
PRESS PUSHES IT FARTHER S BEFORE COOLER AND DRIER AIR SETTLES IN MON NT
AND TUES.  WILL GO WITH LOWER CHC POPS IN ALL BUT NRN COUNTIES MON NT
AND TUES.

FOR TEMPS...WL GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TNGT BUT LOWER BY A CATG MON/S
HIGHS WITH CLOUDS TO SURPRESS SOLAR HEATING.  THEN BACK CLOSE TO
GUIDANCE FOR PDS 3 AND 4.

.DDC...NONE.

DDC 060/078 058/081 0.60 444
GCK 059/078 060/079 059 444
EHA 059/075 060/080 060 344
LBL 063/080 061/084 060 344
HYS 058/083 061/083 059 243
P28 066/084 064/086 065 453

BURKE

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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.