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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 14, 2001Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 2001, 6:25 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
Sep 14, 2001, 6:25 PM MDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2001, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 6:35 PM MDTHail 0.88Lakin, KS
Sep 14, 7:00 PM MDTHail 0.88Lakin, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2001-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2001-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 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.

488 
WFUS53 KDDC 150026
TORDDC
KSC075-093-150100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
625 PM MDT FRI SEP 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
  WEST CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT(800 PM CDT)

* AT 625 PM MDT(725 PM CDT) DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AND   
SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER OPEN COUNTRY 18 MILES NORTH WEST OF 
SYRACUSE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  KENDALL AT 655 PM MDT

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH 
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3815 10143 3816 10166 3791 10168 3793 10142

&

JOHNSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny60 min
Sep 14, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny50 min

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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.