Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2000, 5:08 AM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2000, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 5:30 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Dodge City, 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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
146 WUUS53 KDDC 301008 SVRDDC KSC057-301100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 508 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 508 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF BLOOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOM BY 540 AM CDT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORD BY 555 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. LAT...LON 3771 10019 3746 10017 3749 9957 3772 9956 BURGERT NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 45 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.