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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 11, 2001Edwards County, Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2001, 12:22 AM CDT for Edwards County, Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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 11, 2001, 12:22 AM CDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2001, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Edwards County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 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, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 11, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

043 
WUUS53 KDDC 110523
SVRDDC
KSC047-083-145-110615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1222 AM CDT WED APR 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN KANSAS
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1222 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF GRAY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF
  OFFERLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  GRAY AT 1230 AM CDT
  BURDETT AT 1240 AM CDT
  GARFIELD AT 1245 AM CDT
  ROZEL AT 1250 AM CDT
  FRIZELL AT 100 AM CDT
  LARNED AT 105 AM 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 3799 9974 3800 9943 3809 9909 3832 9907
          3830 9954

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens75 min
Apr 10, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny55 min
Apr 10, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott55 min
Apr 10, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton, Stevens58 min
Apr 10, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant58 min
Apr 10, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott61 min
Apr 10, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego67 min
Apr 10, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade60 min
Apr 11, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche65 min
Apr 11, 1:35 AM CDTSevere 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.