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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2000, 8:16 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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, 8:17 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 M | Ness 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
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 298 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
- 743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
951 WUUS53 KDDC 100117 SVRDDC KSC135-100145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 816 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NESS CITY AT 835 PM CDT 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 3836 10019 3824 10003 3848 9967 3864 9988 REITER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 48 min |
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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.