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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 9 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
- Aug 29, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 13 Sw Scott City, KS | |
| Aug 29, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 13 Sw Scott City, KS | |
| Aug 29, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 13 Sw Scott City, KS | |
| Aug 29, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Wsw Shallow Water, KS | |
| Aug 29, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Wsw Shallow Water, KS | |
| Aug 29, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Wsw Shallow Water, KS | |
| Aug 29, 8:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 W Shallow Water, KS | |
| Aug 29, 8:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 W Shallow Water, KS | |
| Aug 29, 8:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 W Shallow Water, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 913 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 300100 SVRDDC KSC171-300200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 759 PM CDT SUN AUG 29 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SCOTT CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY... MODOC... SHALLOW WATER... 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. 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. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THIS COUNTY. LAT...LON 3849 10087 3849 10111 3826 10111 3827 10086 $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 58 min |
| Aug 29, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 38 min |
| Aug 29, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 40 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.