Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 24, 1998, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 1998, 10:25 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
939 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS
  SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS
  NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 1025 PM CDT

* AT 933 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLEFONT
  SOUTHWEST TO DODGE CITY TO MONTEZUMA. THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS
  WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL
  STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILE PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  WRIGHT                BY  945 PM CDT
  WINDTHORST            BY  950 PM CDT
  FORD                  BY 1000 PM CDT
  FOWLER                BY 1005 PM CDT
  RURAL RESIDENTS OF FORD...SOUTHERN GRAY AND NORTHERN MEADE
  COUNTIES...

* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH WAS IN
  EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST FORD.

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.

BELL/CICCONE

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 2:34 PM CDT, 7 hours 5 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
234 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1998

TEMPS SHOULD REACH ABOUT 105 THIS AFTERNOON.  DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO
DROP WITH ABOUT 45 AT EHA AND 50 AT DDC.  WITH LOW DEWPOINTS HEAT
INDEX SHOULD BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW AIR TEMP.  MAIN QUESTION
FOR THIS EVENING WILL BE WHAT SFC WINDS WILL DO AND WHETHER OR NOT
ANY GOOD CONVERGENCE CAN DEVELOP WITH DRY LINE.  IE. TSRA OR NOT.

SFC WINDS IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BACKING SOME WITH PRESSURE FALLS.
WILL NOT KNOW TILL EARLY EVENING WHEN WINDS AROUND OUR CWA WILL BACK
AS WELL IN RESPONSE.  WILL PROBABLY GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FROM
ABOUT HYS TO P28 FOR EARLY EVENING TSRA.  DO NOT THINK WE WILL HAVE
MUCH CHANCE ONCE TEMPS START TO FALL TOWARD 23Z AS WE HAVE QUITE A
STRONG CAP.  THINK WE WILL BE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION THURSDAY AS DRY
LINE SHOULD REDEVELOP WEST A BIT AS INDICATED BY MODELS AND EXPECT
CAP TO BE QUITE STRONG AGAIN.  MODELS BRING WEAK S/W ACROSS CWA LATE
TONIGHT.  COULD SEE SOME ACC IN THE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  WILL
LEAVE OUT MENTION OF PCPN FOR THURSDAY-FRIDAY.

WITH VERY WARM MID LEVELS...TEMPS MAIN CONCERN.  WILL BE CLOSE TO
ADVISORY CRITERIA THURSDAY-FRIDAY.  BEST CHANCE TO REACH
105+(APPARENT TEMP) WILL BE FAR EASTERN AREAS.  FOR NOW WILL LEAVE
IT TO THE MID SHIFT TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO ABOUT AN ADVISORY AS THE
SITUATION APPEARS MARGINAL ATTM.

.DDC...NONE

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

DDC 073/105 072/103 073 000
GCK 069/104 068/103 068 000
EHA 065/104 065/103 066 000
LBL 066/104 066/103 066 000
HYS 075/106 074/103 073 200
P28 075/105 075/103 074 100

REITER

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