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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 2, 2004Clark County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2004, 10:21 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
Jul 2, 2004, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clark County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 10:25 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 607 Nne Englewood, KS
Jul 2, 10:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.887 Nne Englewood, KS

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2004-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1168 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 030321
SVRDDC
KSC025-030400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1021 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1017 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ACRES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF CLARK COUNTY...
  ACRES...
  ASHLAND...
  SITKA...

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 3737 10007 3704 10007 3703 9957 3744 9956
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton55 min
Jul 2, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton48 min
Jul 2, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny75 min
Jul 2, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton48 min
Jul 2, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant59 min
Jul 2, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney63 min
Jul 2, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell49 min
Jul 2, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray55 min
Jul 2, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade61 min
Jul 2, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord67 min
Jul 2, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.