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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Wichita, KS

September 2, 2001Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2001, 5:55 PM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 4 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 2, 2001, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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
Sep 2, 6:17 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Susank, KS
Sep 2, 6:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Hoisington, KS
Sep 2, 6:50 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Hoisington, KS
Sep 2, 6:50 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Hoisington, KS	Power lines downed.

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 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.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
555 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF SUSANK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF RUSSELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR SUSANK AROUND 615 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR...
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BARTON
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3869 9856 3869 9887 3851 9878 3855 9850

/HYSELL

NNNN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 2, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 3:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
308 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001

CHANCE OF PRECIP IN THE SHORT TERM...AND TEMPS THE MAIN CONCERNS
THIS AFTERNOON.  UPPER ANALYS SHOWING SERIES OF S/WVS EVIDENT ACROSS
CENTRAL U.S.  THESE ALSO PRESENT ON WATER VAPOR...AS IS WEAK MVC
OVER SRN NEBR/NRN KANS VCNTY WHERE SMALL AREA OF CONVECTION IS
ONGOING.  MODELS CONTINUE TO TAKE THESE S/WVS EWD...DRAGGING WEAK
ENERGY ACROSS NRN PTNS OF THE STATE.

WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF PRECIP OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS WRN AND
NRN ZONES.  GUID TEMPS IN THE L/M 60S SEEM REASONABLE.

SHOULD HAVE SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE AROUND TMRW AND WILL KEEP MENTION
OF PRECIP HERE..ALTHOUGH CHANCES WILL REMAIN SLIGHT.  CURRENTLY HAVE
JUST MORNING MENTION FOR MONDAY.  WILL LIKELY REMOVE THIS AND JUST
KEEP CHANCE FOR THE DAY.  SHOULD HAVE MOSTLY SUNNY CONDS AND PREFER
WARMER MAV NUMBERS.

FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTH.  MODELS INDICATED THIS SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE CWA AND
WILL KEEP THIS PD DRY.  NOT MUCH CHANGES IN TEMPS FROM GOING VALUES.

IN THE EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DEEPER
TROF TO THE EAST OF THE CWA BY MIDWEEK AND BEYOND.  MODELS HAVE
BACKED OFF CHANCE OF PRECIP FOR THURSDAY...AND PUSHED IT MORE INTO
FRIDAY.  WILL FOLLOW THIS TREND.  STILL EXPECTING SOMEWHAT OF A
COOLING TREND...WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE 80S FOR THE MOST PART.

FCSTID = 16
ICT   66  91  66  90 /  20  20  10  10
HUT   65  90  65  89 /  20  20  10  10
EWK   65  91  66  89 /  20  20  10  10
EQA   66  91  65  90 /  20  20  10  10
WLD   67  92  67  91 /  20  20  10  10
RSL   64  90  64  90 /  20  20  10  10
GBD   65  90  65  90 /  20  20  10  10
SLN   65  90  65  89 /  20  20  10  10
MPR   65  90  65  89 /  20  20  10  10
CFV   65  90  65  88 /  10  10  10  10
CNU   64  89  64  87 /  10  10  10  10
K88   64  88  64  86 /  10  10  10  10

.ICT...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 2, 5:11 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
511 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0455 PM    2 NW BUNKER HILL          KS   .75 INCH HAIL
09/02/01   RUSSELL                        PUBLIC REPORT.

MRU

Local storm report, Sep 2, 5:17 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
517 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0513 PM    5 NW BUNKER HILL          KS   1.50 INCH HAIL
09/02/01   RUSSELL                        TRAINED KSN WEATHER
                                          SPOTTER REPORTED

MRW

Local storm report, Sep 2, 5:24 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA, KANSAS
524 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0523 PM    BUNKER HILL               KS   .75 INCH HAIL
09/02/01   RUSSELL                        PUBLIC REPORTED

MRW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	58 min
Sep 2, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	65 min
Sep 2, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	64 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.