Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2001, 3:47 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
- May 16, 2001, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 512 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 162050 SVRDDC KSC069-162115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 347 PM CDT WED MAY 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 347 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF CHARLESTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIERCEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED RURAL NORTHWEST GRAY COUNTY AT 400 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3798 10064 3783 10064 3790 10044 3799 10054 SsLEIGHTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 31 min |
| May 16, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 28 min |
| May 16, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 31 min |
| May 16, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 50 min |
| May 16, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 46 min |
| May 16, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 36 min |
| May 16, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 33 min |
| May 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 44 min |
| May 16, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.