Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2002, 5:34 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 11 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 10, 2002, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 10, 5:34 PM CDT | Hail 4.5 | Montezuma, KS | |
| Jun 10, 5:35 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Montezuma, KS | |
| Jun 10, 5:36 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Montezuma, KS | |
| Jun 10, 5:37 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge City Arpt, KS | Off duty NWS employee stepped outside the office to witness an airport hanger being ripped off by high wind. The remnants of the hanger landed 150 yards from the employee. |
| Jun 10, 5:37 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 83 M | Dodge City Arpt, KS | The 96 mph wind gusts was measured by backup wind equipment. |
| Jun 10, 5:39 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 M | Dodge City Arpt, KS | This wind was measured by ASOS, about 3/4 of a mile north of the actual office where a 96 mph wind gust was recorded by backup wind equipment. |
| Jun 10, 5:50 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Montezuma, KS | |
| Jun 10, 5:53 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 87 E | Dodge City, KS | A 12 x 16 foot outbuilding was completely destroyed and a cedar fence with steel posts was bent over by the high downburst wind. The high wind lasted no more than 15 seconds. |
| Jun 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Dodge City, KS | |
| Jun 10, 6:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge City, KS | A 50 x 50 foot roof was blown off an outbuilding. |
| Jun 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Cimarron, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 102234 SVRDDC KSC057-069-102330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 534 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 534 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF HAGGARD ELEV...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED HAGGARD ELEV AT 540 PM CDT ENSIGN AT 550 PM CDT HOWELL AT 555 PM CDT DODGE CITY AT 625 PM CDT FT DODGE AT 630 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS, FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3778 10055 3750 10051 3748 9986 3781 9985 GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 23 min |
| Jun 10, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 49 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.