Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2004, 9:41 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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, 10:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Rush Center, KS | |
| Jun 14, 10:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Rush Center, KS | |
| Jun 14, 10:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 S Rush Center, KS | |
| Jun 14, 10:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 S Rush Center, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
027 WFUS53 KDDC 150241 TORDDC KSC165-150300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 940 PM CDT MON JUN 14 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 935 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF RUSH CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY... 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. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3852 9914 3852 9957 3835 9957 3835 9916 $$ & 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, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 28 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, 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.