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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 27, 2000Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2000, 1:14 AM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2000, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2000, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Meade County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2000-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 562 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2000-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 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
562 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 270615
SVRDDC
KSC119-270645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
114 AM CDT THU APR 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 114 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE   
THUNDERSTORM OVER MEADE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MEADE 
STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

BURGERT

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.