Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2001, 9:14 PM CDT for Barber County, Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 76 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 22, 2001, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 76 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Barber County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Greensburg, 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
517 WUUS53 KDDC 230215 SVRDDC KSC007-097-151-230330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 914 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 912 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF WELLSFORD TO 7 MILES WEST OF BELVIDERE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BELVIDERE AT 930 PM CDT CROFT AT 935 PM CDT PRATT AT 950 PM CDT COATS AT 955 PM CDT PRESTON AT 1010 PM CDT SAWYER AT 1015 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS, WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3775 9902 3745 9925 3727 9861 3780 9847 POAGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 67 min |
| Sep 22, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.