Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2002, 7:55 PM CDT for Ness County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 2, 2002, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ness County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Utica, KS | Two to three inch diameter tree branches were broken by the wind. |
| Jun 2, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Trego Center, KS | Six to eight inch diameter tree branches were broken. |
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
942 WUUS53 KDDC 030055 SVRDDC KSC135-195-030145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 753 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 753 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF UTICA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESS CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BROWNELL AT 805 PM CDT TREGO CENTER AT 815 PM CDT CEDAR BLUFF AT 815 PM CDT OGALLAH AT 825 PM CDT RIGA AT 835 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES, DAMAGING WIND GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR, FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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 3910 10013 3851 10020 3852 9962 3909 9961 BURKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 80 min |
| Jun 3, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 81 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.