Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 2, 1997Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1997, 6:39 AM CST for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 2, 1997, 6:39 AM CST (12:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1997, 7:10 AM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 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 12:00Z on 1997-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 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 12:00Z on 1997-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 300 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
255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 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 021237 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC185-021310-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
639 AM CST WED APR 2 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EAST CENTRAL STAFFORD COUNTY - IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 710 AM CST
 
* THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER OPEN COUNTRY.

* AT 635 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DODGE CITY
  DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES NORTH OF ZENITH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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.

SEARCY/KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott30 min
Apr 1, 7:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny47 min
Apr 2, 1:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford35 min
Apr 2, 2:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord33 min
Apr 2, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards32 min
Apr 2, 3:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards33 min
Apr 2, 4:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards32 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.