Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 42 min |
| May 26, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 51 min |
| May 26, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 58 min |
| May 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 66 min |
| May 26, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 52 min |
| May 26, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 49 min |
| May 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.