Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:12 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Charleston, KS | Three 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 43 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.