Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2004, 5:58 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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 16, 2004, 5:58 AM MDT (11:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2004, 7:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
144 WUUS53 KDDC 161158 SVRDDC KSC075-161300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 557 AM MDT WED JUN 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 700 AM MDT * AT 552 AM MDT...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 5 MILES WEST OF SYRACUSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF HAMILTON COUNTY... SYRACUSE... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR THIS COUNTY. LAT...LON 3824 10202 3776 10201 3777 10155 3824 10157 $$ BURKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 6:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 5:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 7:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 9:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 80 min |
| Jun 16, 5:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 34 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.