Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2000, 12:36 AM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2000, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 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, 1:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Hugoton, KS | |
| Jun 21, 1:18 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Hugoton, 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 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 210537 SVRDDC KSC189-210615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1236 AM CDT WED JUN 21 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 115 AM CDT * AT 1236 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FETERITA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED HUGOTON AT 110 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE CITY. LAT...LON 3738 10156 3700 10155 3701 10107 3740 10107 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, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 40 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.