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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 21, 2001Clark County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 12:15 AM CDTHail 1Ashland, 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 20, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2001-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1362 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 2001-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt67 min
Jun 20, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber41 min
Jun 20, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt31 min
Jun 20, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber62 min
Jun 20, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade57 min
Jun 20, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark57 min
Jun 20, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt64 min
Jun 20, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche61 min
Jun 20, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford39 min
Jun 20, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.