Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 286

May 16, 199749 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 16, 1997, 3:45 PM CDT for 49 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1997, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

28 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell39 min
May 16, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud59 min
May 16, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa38 min
May 16, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa47 min
May 16, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis45 min
May 16, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell42 min
May 16, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell50 min
May 16, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee47 min
May 16, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa45 min
May 16, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens49 min
May 16, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman46 min
May 16, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell47 min
May 16, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee49 min
May 16, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall63 min
May 16, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa48 min
May 16, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens48 min
May 16, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman49 min
May 16, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards47 min
May 16, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton48 min
May 16, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord46 min
May 16, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley43 min
May 16, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall33 min
May 16, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley, Wabaunsee46 min
May 16, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray33 min
May 16, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord50 min
May 16, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall14 min
May 16, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade61 min
May 16, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade63 min

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 1997-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 1997-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.