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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 1994Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1994, 6:11 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 5, 1994, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1994, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 1994-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 765 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 1994-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KDDC 060012 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC075-060100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
711 PM CDT (611 PM MDT) THU MAY 5 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT (700 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
AT 711 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
WEST OF SYRACUSE. LARGE HAIL WILL ARRIVE IN THE SYRACUSE VICINTY BY 720
PM CDT.
 
PERSONS IN THE SYRACUSE AREA 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

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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.