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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 12, 2000Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2000, 7:34 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2000, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3861 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 130036
SVRDDC
KSC083-130115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
734 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT...8 MILES WEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL AREAS WEST AND NOQRTH OF JETMORE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR

LAT...LON 3811 10021 3795 10001 3822 9959 3824 10020

REITER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade24 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa45 min
Jun 13, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford50 min
Jun 13, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt55 min
Jun 13, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa46 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt, Stafford31 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa63 min
Jun 13, 6:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCKiowa3 hr
Jun 13, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt54 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.