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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 5, 1997Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1997, 6:51 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1997, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1997, 7:25 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 1997-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 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 052353 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC069-060025-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
651 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 725 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  MONTEZUMA                  BY 655 PM CDT
  HAGGARD ELEVATOR           BY 655 PM CDT
  INTERSECTION OF H56/23     BY 705 PM CDT

* AT 651 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAGGARD ELEVATOR MOVING SOUTH AT
  30 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...BE PREPARED FOR WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.  IF YOU ARE
CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

NICHOLS/MCAVOY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton46 min
Jul 5, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton45 min
Jul 5, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton60 min
Jul 5, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott50 min
Jul 5, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott46 min
Jul 5, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego48 min
Jul 5, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton48 min
Jul 5, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott45 min
Jul 5, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney49 min
Jul 5, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton49 min
Jul 5, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess46 min
Jul 5, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray47 min
Jul 5, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney32 min
Jul 5, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman48 min
Jul 5, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess31 min
Jul 5, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord65 min
Jul 5, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.