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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 13, 2001Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2001, 10:59 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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 13, 2001, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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 13, 11:09 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70 EHays, KS
Jun 13, 11:12 PM CDTHail 1.25Mc Cracken, KS
Jun 13, 11:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60 EHays, KS
Jun 14, 12:05 AM CDTHail 0.75Hays, 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 13, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 901 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 140400
SVRDDC

KSC051-165-140500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1059 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1054 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF MCCRACKEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  LIEBENTHAL AT 1105 PM CDT
  SCHOENCHEN AT 1110 PM CDT
  LORETTA AT 1115 PM CDT
  MUNJOR AT 1120 PM CDT
  TOULON AT 1125 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICHl WAS 
IN EFFECT FOR ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM.

LAT...LON 3863 9960 3846 9955 3853 9903 3911 9911
          3911 9954

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman48 min
Jun 13, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush64 min
Jun 13, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman26 min
Jun 13, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee32 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness54 min
Jun 13, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCRush36 min
Jun 13, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman36 min
Jun 13, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCRush31 min
Jun 13, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess66 min
Jun 13, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis65 min
Jun 13, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis31 min
Jun 13, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess41 min
Jun 13, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego47 min
Jun 13, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess25 min
Jun 13, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis50 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.