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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 14, 2001Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 6:30 PM MDTHail 1Lakin, KS
Sep 14, 6:35 PM MDTHail 0.88Lakin, KS
Sep 14, 7:00 PM MDTHail 0.88Lakin, KS
Sep 14, 7:00 PM MDTHail 1.75Lakin, KS
Sep 14, 7:20 PM MDTHail 1Lakin, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2001-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2001-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 6:25 PM MDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny35 min
Sep 14, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny50 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.