Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2002, 8:56 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 17, 2002, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2002, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 9:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Larned, 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 180156 SVRDDC KSC145-180245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 855 PM CDT WED APR 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 855 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF ZOOK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF LARNED...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED RURAL RESIDENCE OF SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES, 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 3801 9920 3801 9892 3824 9892 3825 9901 BURGERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 24 min |
| Apr 17, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 18 min |
| Apr 17, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 29 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.