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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 18, 2005Grant County, Kansas

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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
Apr 18, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-04-18Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 332 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.