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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 1997Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1997, 6:46 PM CDT for Stevens 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
May 24, 1997, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1997, 7:20 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 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
May 24, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 1997-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 476 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 1997-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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.

275 
WUUS1 KDDC 242347 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC189-250020-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
646 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 720 PM CDT
 
* THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER OPEN COUNTRY.

* AT 644 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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.

PARKIN/KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStanton32 min
May 24, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford47 min
May 24, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton32 min
May 24, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton32 min
May 24, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton32 min
May 24, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens42 min
May 24, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney34 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.