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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 10, 1992Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1992, 4:28 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1992, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1992, 4:46 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ford County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 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 102129
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-102215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
428 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY
 
AT 4:25 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY OR NEAR SPEARVILLE. ITS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF HANSTON BY 5:15 PM.
 
PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST HODGEMAN COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FORD COUNTY NORTH OF
SPEARVILLE CAN EXPECT BRIEFLY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...LARGE HAIL...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM THIS 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.
 
LETRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman47 min
May 10, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee25 min
May 10, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade22 min
May 10, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord51 min
May 10, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee47 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.