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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2000, 6:14 PM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 9, 2000, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Grant County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ulysses, KS | Roof blown off a house and also off a trailer house. Powe poles 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 092316 SVRDDC KSC067-092345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 614 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ULYSSES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED... RURAL AREAS NORTHEAST OF ULYSSES THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR GRANT COUNTY. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 3761 10147 3748 10131 3762 10110 3772 10137 REITER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 27 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.