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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 14, 2001Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2001, 7:33 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2001-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1970 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1970 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 150033
SVRDDC
KSC101-171-150115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTY IN KANSAS
  NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM OVER SCOTT STATE LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  SCOTT CITY AT 745 PM CDT
  MANNING AT 755 PM CDT
  HEALY AT 800 PM CDT
  GRIGSTON AT 805 PM CDT
  AMY AT 815 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES
  WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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 3868 10101 3842 10101 3842 10043 3868 10043

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Stafford49 min
Apr 14, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt47 min
Apr 14, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt44 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.