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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 14, 2001Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2001, 4:32 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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 14, 2001, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2001, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Barber County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2001-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2001-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 142138
SVRDDC
KSC007-142230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
438 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 438 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE LODGE...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES EAST OF AETNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  HAZELTON AT 520 PM CDT
  MEDICINE LODGE AT 525 PM CDT
  SHARON AT 530 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LAT...LON 3728 9870 3701 9891 3702 9837 3737 9837

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee40 min
Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa45 min
Apr 14, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush27 min
Apr 14, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt32 min
Apr 14, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford46 min
Apr 14, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt31 min
Apr 14, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt23 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.