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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 10, 2001Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2001, 8:05 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2001, 8:05 PM MDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2001, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 10, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2001-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 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 2001-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 110205
SVRDDC
KSC075-093-110300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
905 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN KANSAS
  KEARNY COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT(900 PM MDT)

* AT 905 PM CDT(805 PM MDT)...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF KENDALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  KENDALL AT 815 PM MDT
  LAKIN AT 925 PM CDT

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

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 3777 10172 3774 10133 3823 10111 3824 10150

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens75 min
Apr 10, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott55 min
Apr 10, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton, Stevens58 min
Apr 10, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant58 min
Apr 10, 9:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott61 min
Apr 10, 9:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego67 min
Apr 10, 10:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade60 min
Apr 10, 11:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee53 min
Apr 11, 12:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche65 min
Apr 11, 12:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.