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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 15, 2002Lane County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2002, 3:03 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 15, 2002, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2002, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 3:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindAlamota, KSThe wind caused some roof damage and took down numerous two inch diameter tree limbs.
Jun 15, 4:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 78 ENess City, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 244 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 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
244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 152003 CCA
SVRDDC
KSC101-135-152100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
303 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF BEELER...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF DIGHTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RANSOM AT 305 PM CDT
  NESS CITY AT 310 PM CDT
  BAZINE AT 320 PM CDT

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

THIS WARNING REPLACES PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ISSUED 
FOR LANE AND NESS COUNTIES.

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 3848 10067 3827 10065 3828 9960 3869 9960
          3869 10024 3850 10025

BURKE

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 14, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny45 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, 3:29 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

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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.