Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 6, 1998, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 1998, 5:10 AM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Comanche County, 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.

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TTAA00 KDDC 060920 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC033-061010-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
420 AM CDT WED MAY 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 510 AM CDT

* AT 418 AM CDT... DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF PROTECTION MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  PROTECTION                   BY 430 AM CDT
  LAKE COLDWATER               BY 440 AM CDT
  COLDWATER                    BY 440 AM CDT
  INTERSECTION OF H160/183/1   BY 445 AM CDT

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 ROAxDS.

MCCAMMON/BURKE

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 6, 3:55 AM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
355 AM CDT WED MAY 06 1998

2ND NIGHT IN A ROW OF BUSY SEVERE ACTIVITY.  WATCH 290 EXPIRED AT
06Z...THEN MONSTER SUPER CELL HAS MARCHED ACROSS ABOUT NW 1/3RD OF
CWA.  HAIL UP TO 1 INCH COMMON WITH THIS CELL.

BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO FORECAST IS WHEN THREAT OF CONVECTION
DECREASES.  07Z SURFACE MAP SHOWING STATIONARY FRONT DRAPING FROM
NEAR MCI TO BETWEEN P28 AND PNC...THEN ARCS BACK WEST TO JUST N OF
CAO...THEN N TO LEE SIDE OF ROCKIES.  UPPER PROFILE SHOWED PLENTY
OF BUOYANT ENERGY...WITH 4000-5000 J/KG AT DDC 6/00Z SOUNDING.
HOWEVER...THE AIRMASS TO SOUTH OF FRONT SEEMS LESS UNSTABLE AS LOW
LEVEL IS WARMER AND COLD AIR DOES NOT EXTEND S INTO OKLAHOMA VERY
FAR.

ETA SEEMS TO BE BEST MODEL.  WILL FOLLOW FRHETA FOR MOST PART...THIS
WILL BE HIGHER THAN FWC POP GUIDANCE.  FAN SEEMS A BIT HIGH TONIGHT
ON POPS.  FOR TEMP GUIDANCE...WILL GO SLIGHTLY BELOW BOTH FWC AND
FAN.

.DDC...NONE.

DDC 076/053 076/048 068 542
GCK 073/050 073/046 068 342
EHA 073/049 074/046 069 342
LBL 074/050 074/047 070 342
HYS 074/051 073/046 067 544
P28 078/057 077/050 071 343

BURKE

In the hours before

KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-060800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
120 AM CDT (1220 AM MDT) WED MAY 065 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 290 HAS EXPIRED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN
KANSAS EXPIRED AT 1 AM CDT.

WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LIKELY.  ISOLATED STRONG
STORMS...NEAR SEVERE CRITERIA...ARE POSSIBLE.

BURKE

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.