Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 24, 1997, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 1997, 8:25 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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
738 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS
  GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 825 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  GARDEN CITY                THROUGH 750 PM CDT
  CIMARRON                   BY 740 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN FINNEY AND GRAY COUNTIES MOVING EAST
  AT 35 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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRO2DUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

PARKIN/STOUT

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 4:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
400 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 1997

...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING
AND FLASH FLOODING...

MODELS AND SFC ANALYSIS SHOW SFC TROF AND COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVING INTO
SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THIS WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR TSTMS TO DEVELOP.
COMBINATION OF HIGH THETA-E AIR AND A WEAK UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL
PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS. BEST CHANCE OF FLASH FLOODING WILL
BE IN THE SOUTHEAST CWA FROM KINSLEY TO ST JOHN AND SOUTH WHERE LAST
NIGHTS RAINS WERE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. THIS AREA ALREADY HAS SWOLLEN
RIVERS AND WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ALONG TROF LATER TONIGHT...THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE HIGH. WITH THIS IN MIND...WENT
WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THAT AREA. FARTHER WEST...WITH HIGH CAPES
AND STRONG CONVERGENCE ALONG THE COLD FRONT...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ARE
POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS EVENING BEFORE THE LINE BECOMES A SQUALL LINE.
THIS IS IN AGREEMENT WITH MOD RISK AREA OUTLOOKED BY SPC. ALSO SOME
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. WILL GO LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS
ALL AREAS.

WEDNESDAY...MAIN CONVERGENT AREA FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO PRATT EARLY IN
THE MORNING ALONG THE COLD FRONT...AND WILL GO 50 PERCENT POPS FOR THE
MORNING HOURS. OTHER AREAS WILL JUST GO PARTLY CLOUDY FOR WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THURSDAY...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA WITH MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES.

WILL GO NEAR GUIDANCE TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD.

.DDC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH LATE TONIGHT KSZ066-079>081-089>090.

DDC 064/082 058/083 062 711
GCK 062/083 058/084 062 711
EHA 058/083 058/085 062 811
LBL 059/083 059/084 063 711
HYS 059/079 056/081 060 611
P28 067/086 062/083 066 751

KRUSE

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.