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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 1, 1997Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 1997, 6:38 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 1, 1997, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1997, 7:10 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 6:40 PM CDTTornado F0Scott City, 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 1997-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 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 1997-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 012338 RRA
TORDDC
KSC171-020010-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
638 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1997

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 710 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST SCOTT COUNTY

* AT 634 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHALLOW WATER MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

LEE/KRUSE

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.