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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 28, 1995Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1995, 11:22 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 1995, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barber County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1995-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 102 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 1995-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 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 290423
SVRDDC
KSC007-290500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1122 PM CDT FRI APR 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN BARBER COUNTY
 
AT 1115 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF MEDICINE
LODGE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE SHARON AND HAZELTON. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.
 
 
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.
 
 
0PARKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa34 min
Apr 29, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt55 min
Apr 29, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade40 min
Apr 29, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa40 min
Apr 29, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny39 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.