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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 17, 2004Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2004, 7:06 PM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 17, 2004, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 17, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 2004-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1394 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
1394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 180006
SVRDDC
KSC057-083-180045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
706 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
  NORTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  NORTH OF HOWELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  9 MILES NORTH OF SPEARVILLE AROUND 745 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3795 10022 3776 10020 3782 9972 3811 9979
$$

LACY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess49 min
May 17, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray24 min
May 17, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford58 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.