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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 2001Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2001, 5:14 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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
May 27, 2001, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 5:16 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 68 MLakin, KSFrom the Western Kansas Weather Modification Program.
May 27, 5:19 PM CDTHail 1.75Kalvesta, KS
May 27, 6:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 77 MMontezuma, 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 272216
SVRDDC
KSC057-069-083-272315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FORD COUNTY IN KANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN KANSAS
  SOUTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF       
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CIMARRON TO 20     
  MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY. THE LINE WAS SINKING SLOWLY SOUTH        
  SOUTHEAST. 

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

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY 
ISSUED FOR GRAY...HODGEMAN AND FORD COUNTIES.

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. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO
NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3798 10057 3772 10030 3763 9956 3808 9958
          3816 10021 3800 10023

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, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman48 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, 5:26 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

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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.