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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 26, 1995Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 1995, 7:28 PM CST for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 1995, 7:28 PM CST (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 1995, 8:15 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Stafford County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1995-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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 1995-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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 270132 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC185-270215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
728 PM CST SUN FEB 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
 
AT 728 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER THE
QUIVIRA NATIONAL WATERFOWL REFUGE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES
PER HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN
DIAMETER AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORM WILL REMAIN OVER OPEN
COUNTRY.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 26, 6:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford51 min
Feb 26, 8:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford40 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.