Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 10, 2004Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2004, 6:59 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
May 10, 2004, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2004, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
31 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), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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
May 10, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2004-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2209 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 2004-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

744 
WUUS53 KDDC 110059
SVRDDC
KSC075-110130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
659 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 657 PM MDT...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 7 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SYRACUSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY THROUGH 710 PM MDT

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 3796 10181 3797 10155 3825 10156 3825 10183

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens48 min
May 10, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant81 min
May 10, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton29 min
May 10, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell43 min
May 10, 9:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray57 min
May 10, 11:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.