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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 12, 2002Lane County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2002, 12:47 AM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2002, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2002, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lane County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2002-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 651 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2002-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 120547
SVRDDC
KSC101-120630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1247 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1247 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF DIGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  SHIELDS AT 105 AM CDT
  DIGHTON AT 110 AM CDT
  PENDENNIS AT 125 AM CDT
  ALAMOTA AT 130 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS,
  DAMAGING WIND GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR,



LAT...LON 3866 10067 3827 10066 3826 10025 3868 10026

15

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess57 min
Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush64 min
Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess32 min
Jun 11, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford50 min
Jun 11, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee44 min
Jun 11, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis63 min
Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford45 min
Jun 11, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee43 min
Jun 11, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford16 min
Jun 11, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford62 min
Jun 11, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt57 min
Jun 11, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford45 min
Jun 11, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott52 min
Jun 12, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney58 min
Jun 12, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott47 min
Jun 12, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney35 min
Jun 12, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman50 min
Jun 12, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee52 min
Jun 12, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord51 min
Jun 12, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman49 min
Jun 12, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee63 min
Jun 12, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford61 min
Jun 12, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche39 min
Jun 12, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche48 min
Jun 12, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber48 min
Jun 12, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.