Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2000, 7:04 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2000, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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, 7:17 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Meade, 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 3994 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 040005 SVRDDC KSC119-040050- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 704 PM CDT MON JUL 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 750 PM CDT * AT 704 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEADE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MISSLER AT 710 PM CDT. MEADE AT 715 PM CDT. FOWLER AT 740 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3724 10057 3706 10030 3732 10007 3751 10026 $$ POAGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.