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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2002Grant County, Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2002, 3:15 AM CDT for Grant County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2002, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2002, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 3:30 AM CDTHail 1Ryus, KS
May 24, 3:55 AM CDTHail 1Sublette, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2002-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 240815
SVRDDC
KSC067-081-240900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
315 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 315 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM OVER RYUS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SATANTA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  SUBLETTE AT 330 AM CDT
  TICE AT 345 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES,
  WIND UP TO 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 STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3756 10120 3739 10115 3746 10065 3772 10065
          3773 10090

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade61 min
May 24, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens47 min
May 24, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton38 min
May 24, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton51 min
May 24, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens44 min
May 24, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny46 min
May 24, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny37 min
May 24, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.