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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2000, 9:42 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2000, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 040243 SVRDDC KSC165-040330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 942 PM CDT MON JUL 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 942 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NEKOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED HARGRAVE AT 950 PM CDT. 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE AT 955 PM CDT. LIEBENTHAL AT 1005 PM CDT. 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LORETTA AT 1015 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. 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 3843 9960 3836 9940 3868 9912 3875 9939 $$ POAGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 46 min |
| 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, 9:57 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 |
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.