Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 10:52 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 Nw Brownell, KS | |
| Jun 14, 10:52 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 Nw Brownell, KS | |
| Jun 14, 11:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 19 min |
| Jun 14, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 46 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.