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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 13, 2004Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2004, 2:40 AM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 13, 2004, 2:40 AM CDT (07:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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.

551 
WUUS53 KDDC 130740
SVRDDC
KSC151-185-130830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
240 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  PRESTON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY...
  RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY...
  PRESTON...
  NEOLA...
  ZENITH...

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 3766 9873 3762 9849 3809 9848 3808 9872
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt39 min
Jun 13, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt35 min
Jun 13, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt75 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.