Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2002Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2002-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 309 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2002-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 262330
SVRDDC
KSC171-270000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
630 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 630 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM OVER SCOTT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  SCOTT CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL SCOTT COUNTY AT 640 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS,

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN DODGE CITY.

LAT...LON 3866 10109 3852 10094 3866 10080 3868 10100

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny42 min
May 26, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton51 min
May 26, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens58 min
May 26, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward66 min
May 26, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush52 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush49 min
May 26, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.