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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 25, 1994Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 1:14 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1994, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1994, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 1994-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 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 1994-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-455 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 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 251816
SVRDDC
KSC033-097-251900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
114 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY...KIOWA COUNTY
 
AT 112 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
SOUTH OF GREENSBURG MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORM WILL
CROSS HIGHWAY 54 BETWEEN GREENSBURG AND HAVILAND BY 130 PM CDT.
 
PERSONS IN KIOWA AND NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE SAFE SHELTER
NOW!!!
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
 
PB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 11:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber39 min
Apr 25, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt28 min
Apr 25, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt, Stafford36 min
Apr 25, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.