Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2002, 5:04 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
- Apr 17, 2002, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2002, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 5:12 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Sitka, KS | |
| Apr 17, 5:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Protection, 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 172204 SVRDDC KSC025-033-172245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 503 PM CDT WED APR 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 503 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF BUTTERMILK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PROTECTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED ASHLAND AT 515 PM CDT BUTTERMILK AT 515 PM CDT SITKA AT 520 PM CDT PROTECTION AT 530 PM CDT COLDWATER AT 540 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS, DAMAGING WIND GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR, FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3699 9993 3699 9928 3732 9914 3738 9971 BURGERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 34 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.