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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 20, 1997Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1997, 6:40 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 1997, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 1997, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 20, 7:05 PM MDTHail 1.5Syracuse, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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 1997-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1119 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 1997-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
1119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 210040 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC075-210130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
740 PM CDT WED AUG 20 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT (830 PM CDT)
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY

* AT 638 PM MDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF SYRACUSE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH AND WIND
SPEEDS GREATER THAN 55 MPH.  TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND
YOUR PROPERTY.  MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

STOUT/MCAVOY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 6:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney49 min
Aug 20, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell51 min
Aug 20, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton48 min
Aug 20, 8:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.