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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 2001Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2001, 4:12 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 27, 2001, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hodgeman County, KS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 27 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2001-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1039 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2001-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
1039 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1347 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 272113
SVRDDC
KSC083-272200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
412 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JETMORE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  JETMORE AT 430 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS
  DAMAGING WIND GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR 
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME 
OR BUSINESS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT 
WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. 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 3808 10019 3792 10018 3791 9957 3808 9957

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney52 min
May 27, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott47 min
May 27, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney39 min
May 27, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton51 min
May 27, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray47 min
May 27, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott53 min
May 27, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney32 min
May 27, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford62 min
May 27, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards47 min
May 27, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman61 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney64 min
May 27, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee29 min
May 27, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord39 min
May 27, 5:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman3 hr
May 27, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa, Meade67 min
May 27, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Stevens67 min
May 27, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt67 min
May 27, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward67 min
May 27, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber39 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.