Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2001, 6:36 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports 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 20, 2001, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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 20, 6:49 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellis, KS | Two semis overturned on I70 |
| Apr 20, 6:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Liebenthal, 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KDDC 202336
SVRDDC
KSC051-165-210030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
636 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ELLIS COUNTY IN KANSAS
RUSH COUNTY IN KANSAS
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 636 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ELLIS TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDER TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ALEXANDER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WAKEENEY TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNELL TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HANSTON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
ALEXANDER AT 645 PM CDT
ANTONINO AT 650 PM CDT
HAYS AT 655 PM CDT
BISON AT 700 PM CDT
EMMERAM AT 705 PM CDT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS
DAMAGING WIND GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3911 9958 3870 9956 3836 9956 3837 9906
3866 9906 3911 9907
BURGERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 43 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.