Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2004, 8:49 PM CDT for Finney County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 71 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 4, 2004, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Finney County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 9 Wsw Plymell, KS | |
| Jul 4, 9:29 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 W Garden City, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 2449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 050149 SVRDDC KSC055-081-050300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 849 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF PLYMELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY... RURAL AREAS OF HASKELL COUNTY... HOLCOMB... PLYMELL... GARDEN CITY... TICE... 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 3741 10107 3742 10069 3823 10067 3825 10107 $$ KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 80 min |
| Jul 4, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 74 min |
| Jul 4, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 79 min |
| Jul 4, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 79 min |
| Jul 4, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 80 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.