Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2001, 6:38 PM CST for Finney County, Gray County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 7 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
- Mar 14, 2001, 6:38 PM CST (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2001, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 6:40 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Garden City, KS | |
| Mar 14, 6:45 PM CST | Hail 1 | Garden City, KS | Hail fell on the county line. |
| Mar 14, 6:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City, KS | High wind blew a semi over. The driver had minor injuries. |
| Mar 14, 6:55 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Sublette, KS | |
| Mar 14, 7:10 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Montezuma, KS | |
| Mar 14, 7:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Montezuma, KS | |
| Mar 14, 7:35 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Montezuma, 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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 150039 SVRDDC KSC055-069-081-150130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 638 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY IN KANSAS GRAY COUNTY IN KANSAS NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN KANSAS * UNTIL 730 PM CST * AT 638 PM CST...THE LEADING EDGE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIERCEVILLE MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INGALLS AT 650 PM CST MONTEZUMA AT 655 PM CST THE HAGGARD ELEV AT 705 PM CST THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES DESTRUCTIVE WIND UP TO 80 MILES PER HOUR THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY. FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY LAT...LON 3796 10078 3772 10089 3751 10021 3787 10024 01
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 6:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 59 min |
| Mar 14, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 44 min |
| Mar 14, 8:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.