Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2002, 8:25 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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 11, 2002, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Hudson, KS | |
| Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Seward, KS | |
| Jun 11, 9:05 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Seward, KS | |
| Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Hudson, 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 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 120125 SVRDDC KSC185-120215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 824 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 824 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEWARD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT BEND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED SEWARD AT 830 PM CDT HUDSON AT 845 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS, 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 3823 9890 3813 9889 3799 9849 3822 9848 BURGERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 16 min |
| Jun 11, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 43 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.