Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2001, 1:23 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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 29, 2001, 1:23 PM MDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2001, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 29, 2:15 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Syracuse, KS | Hail covered the ground |
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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 2798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 291924 SVRDDC KSC075-292030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 123 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN KANSAS * UNTIL 230 PM MDT * AT 123 PM MDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HAMILTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF COOLIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED RURAL HAMILTON COUNTY AT 140 PM MDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR STAY AWAY FROM WINDmOWS. 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 3807 10204 3798 10179 3824 10158 3825 10198 KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 5:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 37 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.