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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 2001Barber County, Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2001, 7:46 PM CDT for Barber County, Kiowa County, Pratt 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, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Barber County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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
Apr 30, 8:10 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Cullison, KS
Apr 30, 8:26 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Wilmore, KS
Apr 30, 8:30 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Greensburg, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 010050
SVRDDC

KSC007-033-097-151-010145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
746 PM CDT MON APR 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN KANSAS
  EASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN KANSAS
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN KANSAS
  WESTERN PRATT COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 746 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A NEARLY     
  STATIONARY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBURG. OTHER
  NEARLY STATIONARY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES        
  SOUTH OF TROUSDALE AND A THIRD 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLDWATER.  

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS
  DAMAGING WIND GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
  VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS 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. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE CITY.
A
LAT...LON 3766 9934 3719 9932 3701 9912 3701 9888
          3767 9884 3778 9883 3781 9902 3773 9900
          3773 9917

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, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	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

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.