Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2001, 12:02 AM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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 21, 2001, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Clark County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 12:15 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Ashland, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 18.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 210502 SVRDDC KSC025-210600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1202 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLARK COUNTY IN KANSAS * UNTIL 100 AM CDT * AT 1202 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF ACRES...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENGLEWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED ACRES AT 1255 AM CDT ASHLAND AT 100 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 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 3731 10007 3704 10007 3703 9961 3733 9960 KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 67 min |
| Jun 20, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 64 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.