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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 15, 2002Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2002, 4:54 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 15, 2002, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2002, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 15, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 152154
SVRDDC
KSC129-152245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 453 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHFIELD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  NORTH OF ELKHART...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RICHFIELD AT 505 PM CDT
  ROLLA AT 515 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS,
  WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. 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 3729 10190 3711 10190 3704 10159 3735 10156

BURGERT

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, 3:03 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.