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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 2002Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 14, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kearny County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 8:35 PM CDTHail 1.75Lakin, 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2002-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 150130
SVRDDC
KSC093-150215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
830 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 830 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF LAKIN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF
  SYRACUSE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  LAKIN AT 905 PM CDT
  DEERFIELD AT 915 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,
  WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING,

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 3817 10153 3774 10152 3775 10111 3824 10113

15

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton50 min
Jun 15, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis28 min
Jun 15, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott38 min
Jun 15, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness46 min
Jun 15, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny55 min
Jun 15, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott61 min
Jun 15, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis62 min
Jun 15, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness60 min
Jun 15, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness57 min
Jun 15, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego61 min
Jun 15, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman21 min
Jun 15, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray61 min
Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Haskell32 min
Jun 15, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell28 min
Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray42 min
Jun 15, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton51 min
Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade49 min
Jun 15, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward48 min
Jun 15, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell29 min
Jun 15, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant47 min
Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton51 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton47 min
Jun 15, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens38 min
Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward64 min
Jun 15, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell44 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.