Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 6:04 AM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 4, 2002, 6:04 AM CDT (11:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 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 4, 6:15 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ashland, 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 2163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2374 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 041104 SVRDDC KSC025-057-041145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 604 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 645 AM CDT * AT 604 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED CSL AT 620 AM CDT KINGSDOWN AT 630 AM CDT BUCKLIN AT 645 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS, 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 3734 10015 3720 10000 3745 9957 3775 9958 GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 67 min |
| Jun 4, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 44 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.