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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 13, 2000Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 11:15 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 13, 2000, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Barber County, KS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2000-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1100 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2000-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
1100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 140417
SVRDDC
KSC007-140445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1115 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1115 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE       
  THUNDERSTORM OVER BARBER COUNTY...9 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDICINE    
  LODGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING

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

LAT...LON 3737 9867 3725 9852 3728 9833 3744 9844

JOHNSON_

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCPratt3 hr
Jun 13, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt42 min
Jun 13, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa49 min
Jun 13, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark41 min
Jun 13, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa45 min
Jun 13, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt43 min
Jun 13, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt42 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.