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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 14, 2001Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2001, 8:48 PM CST for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2001, 8:48 PM CST (02:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2001, 9:30 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 14, 9:08 PM CSTHail 1Medicine Lodge, 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
Mar 14, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 00:00Z on 2001-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2001-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
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

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The text

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

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
848 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN KANSAS
  PRATT COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 848 PM CST...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF SAWYER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  ISABEL AT 900 PM CST
  CAIRO AT 905 PM CST
  PRESTON AT 910 PM CST

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS



LAT...LON 3736 9896 3736 984o5 3780 9849 3782 9901

REITER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray42 min
Mar 14, 6:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman48 min
Mar 14, 6:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord39 min
Mar 14, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Haskell52 min
Mar 14, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade59 min
Mar 14, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray30 min
Mar 14, 7:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt44 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.