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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2004Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 10:14 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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
May 24, 2004, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 10:20 PM CDTHAIL 17 N Ogallah, KS
May 24, 10:25 PM CDTHAIL 14 Nne Ogallah, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

917 
WUUS53 KDDC 250314
SVRDDC
KSC051-195-250415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1012 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1009 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP
  TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OGALLAH...MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RIGA AROUND 1025 PM CDT.
  ELLIS AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
  YOCEMENTO AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
  HAYS AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
  TOULON...CATHERINE AND MUNJOR AROUND 1055 PM CDT.
  VICTORIA AROUND 1105 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.

SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS

HAIL UP TO 1.75 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT 1010 PM CDT 
IN WAKEENEY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE 
STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TREGO COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3913 10000 3892 9993 3870 9904 3913 9904
$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego50 min
May 24, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego28 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.