Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 11, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2002, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 11, 6:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Jetmore, 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 2237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 112300 SVRDDC KSC083-112345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 600 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 600 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF JETMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED JETMORE AT 620 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS, DAMAGING WIND GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR, A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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 3808 10026 3795 10009 3824 9963 3823 10007 BURGERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 61 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.