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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 26, 2002Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2002, 8:50 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 10 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, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
10 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2002-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1171 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
1171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 270150
SVRDDC
KSC165-270200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 850 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF LORETTA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF LA CROSSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3865 9922 3854 9904 3868 9904 3869 9920

REITER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush47 min
May 26, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee45 min
May 26, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee33 min
May 26, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis35 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.