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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 2, 2001Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2001, 10:25 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
Sep 2, 2001, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2001, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Sep 2, 10:32 PM CDTHail 0.75Dodge City, 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 8 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 2001-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1356 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 2001-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

089 
WUUS53 KDDC 030325
SVRDDC
KSC057-030415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1025 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1024 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF DODGE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  WEST PART OF DODGE CITY THROUGH 1045 PM CDT,
  FT. DODGE AT 1035 PM CDT,
  WINDTHORST AT 1050 PM CDT,
  FORD AT 1105 PM CDT,
  KINGSDOWN AT 1115 PM CDT,

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,
  WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING,

HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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 3790 9958 3788 10021 3749 10018 3748 9959

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego45 min
Sep 2, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush43 min
Sep 2, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman50 min
Sep 2, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego58 min
Sep 2, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee64 min
Sep 2, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman60 min
Sep 2, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman44 min
Sep 2, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.