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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2000, 4:13 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2000, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 M | Ness City, KS | |
| Jul 3, 4:42 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 M | Ness City, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
066 WUUS53 KDDC 032113 SVRDDC KSC135-032200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 413 PM CDT MON JUL 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 413 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF BEELER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY AT 435 PM CDT 4 MILES SOUTH OF RANSOM...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARNOLD AT 500 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE CITY. LAT...LON 3834 10024 3828 9987 3868 9976 3870 10014 $$ POAGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.