Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1999, 7:43 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 5 reports 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
- May 31, 1999, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1999, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Protection, KS | |
| May 31, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Protection, KS | Mature cottonwood grove taken out. |
| May 31, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Protection, KS | |
| May 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Coldwater, KS | |
| May 31, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Coldwater, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| May 31, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 33 min |
| May 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche | 34 min |
| May 31, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 32 min |
| May 31, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 62 min |
| May 31, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.