Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2001, 6:15 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. 5 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
- Sep 14, 2001, 6:15 PM MDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2001, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:30 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Lakin, KS | |
| Sep 14, 6:35 PM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Lakin, KS | |
| Sep 14, 7:00 PM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Lakin, KS | |
| Sep 14, 7:00 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Lakin, KS | |
| Sep 14, 7:20 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Lakin, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
108 WUUS53 KDDC 150018 SVRDDC KSC075-093-150115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 715 PM CDT FRI SEP 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS NORTHWESTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT(715 PM MDT) * AT 718 PM CDT(618 PM MDT)...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF KENDALL...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED KENDALL BY 810 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS, WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR, VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING, VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING, FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3823 10135 3823 10156 3788 10154 3788 10125 JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 35 min |
| Sep 14, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 50 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.