Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2001, 9:31 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- Apr 14, 2001, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:31 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Pratt, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 150233
SVRDDC
KSC007-151-150315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
931 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN KANSAS
PRATT COUNTY IN KANSAS
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 931 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PRESTON TO 2 MILES NORTH OF CROFT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
PRATT AT 940 PM CDT
SAWYER AT 940 PM CDT
ISABEL AT 950 PM CDT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
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 3781 9874 3765 9899 3732 9897 3729 9818
3776 9767
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 42 min |
| 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 |
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.