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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 27, 2004Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2004, 12:13 PM CST for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
Mar 27, 2004, 12:13 PM CST (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2004, 1:00 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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
Mar 27, 11:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 12:00Z on 2004-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1373 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1373 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.5

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The text

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

297 
WUUS53 KDDC 271813
SVRDDC
KSC195-271900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1211 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OGALLAH

* UNTIL 100 PM CST

* AT 1211 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  TREGO CENTER MILES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  OGALLAH BY 1220 PM CST

SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3888 9990 3883 9970 3914 9960 3930 9977

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 11:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego51 min
Mar 27, 12:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman39 min
Mar 27, 12:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis58 min
Mar 27, 12:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee56 min
Mar 27, 1:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush60 min
Mar 27, 1:07 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee38 min
Mar 27, 1:42 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCPawnee33 min
Mar 27, 1:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis67 min
Mar 27, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa48 min
Mar 27, 2:09 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush36 min
Mar 27, 2:20 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCPawnee25 min
Mar 27, 2:22 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt58 min
Mar 27, 2:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford63 min
Mar 27, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford59 min
Mar 27, 4:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber57 min
Mar 27, 5:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt35 min
Mar 27, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber76 min
Mar 27, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCBarber60 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.