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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 2004Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2004, 10:21 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2004, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 10:52 PM CDTHAIL 23 Nw Brownell, KS
Jun 14, 10:52 PM CDTHAIL 23 Nw Brownell, KS
Jun 14, 11:00 PM CDTHAIL 23 Nw Brownell, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1361 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1361 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

125 
WUUS53 KDDC 150321
SVRDDC
KSC135-150415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1019 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1017 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNELL...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER
  STORM WAS DEVELOPING 5 MILES SOUTH OF NESS CITY AND COULD ALSO
  BECOME SEVERE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN NESS COUNTY...
  BROWNELL...
  BAZINE...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3867 10001 3826 10002 3826 9959 3868 9960
$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards39 min
Jun 14, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord38 min
Jun 14, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCRush28 min
Jun 14, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush58 min
Jun 14, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush61 min
Jun 14, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee51 min
Jun 14, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCRush19 min
Jun 14, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush42 min
Jun 14, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee59 min
Jun 14, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford56 min
Jun 14, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee56 min
Jun 14, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford58 min
Jun 15, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny41 min
Jun 15, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott59 min
Jun 15, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny59 min
Jun 15, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Scott, Trego56 min
Jun 15, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush51 min
Jun 15, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney43 min
Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney65 min
Jun 15, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.