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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2000, 12:05 AM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports 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 21, 2000, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2000, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Morton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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 21, 12:29 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Elkhart, KS | |
| Jun 21, 12:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Feterita, KS | Four inch limbs blown down. |
| Jun 21, 12:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 69 E | Feterita, KS | Eight inch limbs broken. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 210506 SVRDDC KSC129-210545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1205 AM CDT WED JUN 21 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 1205 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WILBURTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED ROLLA AT 1220 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMEsNT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE CITY. LAT...LON 3718 10203 3700 10203 3700 10155 3718 10154 GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 46 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.