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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 12, 2002Edwards County, Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2002, 2:27 AM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min. 2 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 12, 2002, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2002, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 2:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 ELarned, KSA few three inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
Jun 12, 3:20 AM CDTHail 0.88Larned, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 120727
SVRDDC
KSC047-145-120830-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 227 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF   
  BURDETT TO 9 MILES WEST OF KINSLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  KINSLEY AT 235 AM CDT
  SANFORD AT 245 AM CDT
  LEWIS AT 250 AM CDT
  ASH VALLEY AT 255 AM CDT
  LARNED AT 300 AM CDT
  BELPRE AT 305 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,
  WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR,



LAT...LON 3829 9955 3774 9953 3774 9902 3800 9903
          3802 9893 3822 9892 3822 9902 3831 9905

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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, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane43 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, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.