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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 12, 2001Ford County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2001, 7:32 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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 12, 2001, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 7:45 PM CDTHail 1.25Ensign, 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
Jun 12, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2001-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3901 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 2001-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
19.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 130034
SVRDDC

KSC057-069-130115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
732 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FORD COUNTY... 
  EASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  THE HAGGARD ELEV AT 745 PM CDT
  ENSIGN AT 800 PM CDT


THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES
  WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3748 10048 3749 10010 3784 10010 3781 10045

BURGERT/

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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.