Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2004, 7:32 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 4 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
- Jun 14, 2004, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N La Crosse, KS | |
| Jun 14, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N La Crosse, KS | |
| Jun 14, 8:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Otis, KS | |
| Jun 14, 8:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Otis, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 150032 TORDDC KSC165-150100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 730 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 729 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF LACROSSE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF RUSH COUNTY... BISON... TIMKEN... LORETTA... OTIS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING PREFERABLY UNDERGROUND. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AND GO TO A REINFORCED BUILDING BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3868 9957 3836 9957 3837 9904 3869 9905 $$ & GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 19 min |
| Jun 14, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 46 min |
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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.