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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2001, 7:16 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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 30, 2001, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 30, 7:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | St John, KS | lasted 10 minutes |
| Apr 30, 7:46 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | St John, KS | |
| Apr 30, 8:08 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | St John, 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 010017 SVRDDC KSC185-010115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 716 PM CDT MON APR 30 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STAFFORD COUNTY IN KANSAS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 716 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF ST. JOHN...MOVING EAST AT 8 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED HUDSON AT 730 PM CDT STAFFORD AT 740 PM CDT NEOLA AT 805 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS DAMAGING WIND GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED. FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3821 9890 3785 9890 3785 9849 3825 9850 JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 3 hr |
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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.