Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 3:53 AM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 min. 2 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
- Jun 3, 2001, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2001, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:56 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Sanford, KS | |
| Jun 3, 4:30 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kinsley, 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, 8.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 030856 SVRDDC KSC047-145-031000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 353 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 353 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANFORD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED SANFORD AT 420 AM CDT GARFIELD AT 425 AM CDT FRIZELL AT 430 AM CDT ZOOK AT 440 AM CDT LARNED AT 445 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3814 9957 3797 9957 3798 9902 3826 9903 COLEMAN/01
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 54 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.