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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 10, 1998Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1998, 6:38 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 1998, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 1998, 7:25 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 10, 6:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Jetmore, 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.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 102338 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC083-110025-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
638 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 725 PM CDT

* AT 635 PM CDT... DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF JETMORE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  JETMORE                 BY 655 PM

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.

CICCONE/MCAVOY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	35 min
Jul 10, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	48 min
Jul 10, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane	46 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.