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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 27, 2000Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2000, 1:38 AM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
Apr 27, 2000, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2000, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Seward County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 1:55 AM CDTHail 0.75Liberal, 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 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 270641
SVRDDC
KSC175-270715-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 138 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 7 
MILES EAST OF LIBERAL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE ySEVERE 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade31 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.