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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 2000Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2000, 5:01 AM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 30, 2000, 5:01 AM CDT (10:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2000, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2000-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 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 2000-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1316 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 301002
SVRDDC
KSC069-301030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
501 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 501 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE HAGGARD ELEV...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CIMARRON BY 510 AM CDT

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

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD
ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

BURGERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny49 min
Apr 30, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell38 min
Apr 30, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott38 min
Apr 30, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade41 min
Apr 30, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray45 min
Apr 30, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade51 min
Apr 30, 5:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord52 min
Apr 30, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward52 min
Apr 30, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford45 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.