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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 10, 1991Haskell County, Meade County, Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1991, 11:10 PM CDT for Haskell County, Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1991, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1991, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 917 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 110413
SVRDDC
KSC081-119-175-110500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1110 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY
   ...SEWARD COUNTY
 
AT 1110 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH
OF LIBERAL...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AN WILL PASS BETWEEN MEADE AND
SUBLETTE BY MIDNIGHT.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STORM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO
DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
 
EKB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

Sources

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.