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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 12, 2002Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2002, 3:29 AM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2002, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
61 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), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 120829
SVRDDC
KSC185-120930-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 329 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SEWARD TO ST JOHN TO     
  10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  HUDSON AT 335 AM CDT,
  STAFFORD AT 345 AM CDT,
  NEOLA AT 355 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,
  DAMAGING WIND GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING

AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WHILE
LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. 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 9889 3800 9890 3799 9901 3782 9900
          3783 9850 3825 9849

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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, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee63 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.