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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 21, 2004Edwards County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2004, 9:16 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 21, 2004, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2004, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Edwards County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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 21, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2004-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2863 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 2004-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2863 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
18.3

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The text

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

869 
WUUS53 KDDC 220216
SVRDDC
KSC047-220245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
916 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM CDT.

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.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3807 9956 3794 9956 3797 9935 3808 9935
$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord61 min
May 21, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess44 min
May 21, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush48 min
May 21, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray30 min
May 21, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee55 min
May 21, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord65 min
May 21, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush58 min
May 21, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman40 min
May 21, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.