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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 1998Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1998, 3:49 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 5 reports 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
May 24, 1998, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1998, 4:35 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 4:28 PM CDTHail 0.75Dighton, KS
May 24, 4:36 PM CDTHail 1Dighton, KS
May 24, 4:36 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Dighton, KS
May 24, 4:37 PM CDTHail 1.25Dighton, KS
May 24, 4:42 PM CDTHail 0.88Dighton, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1998-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 925 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 1998-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
925 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

235 
WUUS1 KDDC 242046 RRA
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-171-195-242135-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
349 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 435 PM CDT

* AT 347 PM CDT... DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARNOLD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  ARNOLD                       BY 355 PM CDT
  DIGHTON                      BY 405 PM CDT
  SHALLOW WATER                BY 405 PM CDT
  RANSOM                       BY 410 PM CDT


THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...EXPECT WINDS
OF 75 MPH OR GREATER...HAIL LARGER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND
TORRENTIAL RAIN.  SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  HEAVY RAIN CAN FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY.  YOU SHOULD NEVER TRY
TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING.

BELL/MCCAMMON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman49 min
May 23, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord50 min
May 23, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards50 min
May 23, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord48 min
May 23, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa45 min
May 23, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Kiowa33 min
May 23, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord29 min
May 23, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche48 min
May 23, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche45 min
May 23, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber49 min
May 24, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane48 min
May 24, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott46 min
May 24, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego46 min
May 24, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Trego47 min
May 24, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush47 min
May 24, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane49 min
May 24, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess50 min
May 24, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush47 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt32 min
May 24, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford47 min

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.