Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 44 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.