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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 4, 2004Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2004, 8:14 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2004, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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
Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1684 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
1684 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

460 
WUUS53 KDDC 050114
SVRDDC
KSC189-050200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
814 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAVE...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN STEVENS COUNTY...
  CAVE...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3733 10125 3712 10119 3720 10107 3738 10108
          3739 10114
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny49 min
Jun 4, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton55 min
Jun 4, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny60 min
Jun 4, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell48 min
Jun 4, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney55 min
Jun 4, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess48 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford60 min
Jun 5, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa61 min
Jun 5, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche55 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade60 min
Jun 5, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell, Seward42 min
Jun 5, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark56 min
Jun 5, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward43 min
Jun 5, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford63 min
Jun 5, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade42 min
Jun 5, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens66 min
Jun 5, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward58 min
Jun 5, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade45 min
Jun 5, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford74 min
Jun 5, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt81 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.