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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2005, 4:39 PM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 18, 2005, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grant County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 477 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 182140 SVRDDC KSC067-182230- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0021.050418T2139Z-050418T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 439 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY... ULYSSES... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3772 10151 3753 10150 3759 10111 3772 10111 $$ TSB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 182152 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 451 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 KSC067-182230- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050418T2230Z/ GRANT KS- 451 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG BOW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY... ULYSSES... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED 8 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3772 10151 3753 10150 3759 10111 3772 10111 $$ GRZYWACZ
000 WWUS53 KDDC 182214 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 513 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 KSC067-182223- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050418T2230Z/ GRANT KS- 513 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 509 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG BOW... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.. AT 445 PM MDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 8 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES. LAT...LON 3772 10151 3753 10150 3759 10111 3772 10111 $$ GRZYWACZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 39 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.