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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 11, 1995Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 1995, 8:07 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 1995, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 1995, 8:48 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Seward County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1995-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1153 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 1995-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
1153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 120107 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC119-175-120200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
807 PM CDT MON SEP 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...MEADE COUNTY...EASTERN SEWARD COUNTY
 
AT 805 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOWLER TO JUST NORTHEAST OF LIBERAL MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3/4 INCH HAIL AND
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THE STORMS WILL APPROACH FOWLER...MEADE AND HAYNE BY
815 PM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN
REINFORCED BUILDINGS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
 
GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Pawnee45 min
Sep 11, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush45 min
Sep 11, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord40 min
Sep 11, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade53 min
Sep 11, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford42 min
Sep 11, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark46 min
Sep 11, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche51 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.