Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 436

June 16, 200134 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 16, 2001, 5:30 PM CDT for 34 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2001, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2001, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Washington County, KS, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

28 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford27 min
Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche45 min
Jun 16, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Rice56 min
Jun 16, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson51 min
Jun 16, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson61 min
Jun 16, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCComanche114 min
Jun 16, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline54 min
Jun 16, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee23 min
Jun 16, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary31 min
Jun 16, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton32 min
Jun 16, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Rice60 min
Jun 16, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion55 min
Jun 16, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary33 min
Jun 16, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley23 min
Jun 16, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee58 min
Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie48 min
Jun 16, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee31 min
Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley29 min
Jun 16, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline38 min
Jun 16, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson49 min
Jun 16, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice61 min
Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris31 min
Jun 16, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson53 min
Jun 16, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie29 min
Jun 16, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee112 min
Jun 16, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley28 min
Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee48 min
Jun 16, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson47 min

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 358 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 439 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
358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-484 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
462 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.