Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 22, 1998, 2:29 AM MDT (08:29 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 1998, 3:15 AM MDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Hamilton County, KS

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
329 AM CDT (229 AM MDT) MON JUN 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS
  KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT (315 AM MDT)

* AT 328 AM CDT (228 AM MDT)... DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SYRACUSE TO KALVESTA MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE

  NEAR KENDALL    BY  335 AM
       LAKIN      BY  340 AM
       DEERFIELD   BY 340 AM
       GARDEN CITY BY 350 AM...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS.  IF YOU ARE IN THEIR 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.

MCCAMMON/JOHNSON

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 1:22 AM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
222 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

...SHORT TERM...
MAIN QSTN CENTERS ON STRENGTH AND DEPTH OF THE COLD AIR FROM ONGOING
CNVCTN.  CURRENT SFC ANALS SHOW OUTFLOW REINFORCED FNT CONTINUING TO
SURGE S THRU MY ZNS.  NONE OF THE MDLS HV PICKED UP ON THIS THO THE
FWC MOS HINTS AT TEMPS BEING COOLER IN MY WRN ZNS TDY.  GDA PROFILER
SHOWS THE COLD AIR ALRDY SEVERAL KILOMETERS DEEP.  LOOKS AS IF THE
COLD DOME WL BE REINFORCED ENUF TODAY TO SLOW DOWN THE HEAT AND WL
GO FAIRLY CLOSE TO MOS FOR TEMPS. THIS IS ABOUT A CATEGORY COOLER
THAN GOING FCST.

...LONG TERM...
TNGT ANOTHER QSTN AS MDLS MAINTAIN H5 BAROCLINIC ZONE OVR KS WITH
NUMEROUS S/WVS MOVG THRU. XPCT ANOTHER BOUT OF CNVCTN AGN TNGT THO
IT MAY BE JUST A LTL FARTHER NORTH.  IN ANY CASE OUTFLOW FROM IT MAY
ONCE AGAIN REINFORCE THE FRONT AND PUSH IT S THRU MY ZONES AGN.  WL
NEED SOME POPS IN MY NRN ZONES FOR THIS EVENT AND WL THUS TRIM HIGHS
BACK A LTL ON TUES.  STRONG PRES GRADIENT TUES SHD MAKE FOR WINDY
CONDITIONS.  NGM APRS RSNBL IN BRINGING SW MONSOON MSTR N ACRS NM
INTO FAR SWKS TUES AFTN THUS TEMPS A BIT COOLER THERE AS SS GETS CUT
OFF.

.DDC...NONE

PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED WITHIN THE TOPZFPDDC.

DDC 092/068 094/068 096 010
GCK 092/065 092/065 097 010
EHA 093/061 091/063 097 0-0
LBL 093/062 091/065 097 0-0
HYS 091/068 094/069 097 531
P28 096/073 098/073 098 310

JOHNSON

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.