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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 19, 2000Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2000, 2:11 AM CDT for Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2000, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 2:12 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ECharleston, KSThree inch diameter branches blown down.

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, 7.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2000-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2427 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
2427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 190711
SVRDDC
KSC069-081-190800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
211 AM CDT WED JUL 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 211 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF
  CHARLESTON TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF KALVESTA TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  PLYMELL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  COPELAND AT 215 AM CDT.
  INGALLS AT 225 AM CDT.
  MONTEZUMA...CIMARRON AT 230 AM CDT.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES.
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR.

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK +A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN DODGE CITY.

&&

POAGE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego64 min
Jul 19, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny49 min
Jul 19, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.