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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 1991Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1991, 6:47 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 2 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 28, 1991, 6:47 PM MDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1991, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 6:57 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 70Stanton, KS
May 28, 7:00 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 60Hamilton, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1991-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 968 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1991-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
968 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.1

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton52 min
May 28, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny30 min
May 29, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade44 min
May 29, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens45 min
May 29, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord79 min
May 29, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark48 min
May 29, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman50 min
May 29, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.