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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 19, 2002Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2002, 9:19 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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 19, 2002, 9:19 PM MDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2002, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 9:26 PM MDTHail 1.75Johnson, KS
Jun 19, 9:30 PM MDTHail 1.75Johnson, KSDamage was done to farm buildings and windows were broken out.
Jun 19, 9:46 PM MDTHail 1.75Kendall, 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2002-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2329 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 2002-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 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 200319
SVRDDC
KSC075-187-200400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
917 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT(1100 PM CDT)

* AT 917 PM MDT(1017 PM CDT)...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER STANTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF
  JOHNSON CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL STANTON COUNTY THROUGH 1100 PM CDT
  RURAL HAMILTON COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM MDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS,
  WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,
  VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING,

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY 
ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN STANTON COUNTIES.

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY
SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3784 10185 3762 10184 3761 10153 3787 10155

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott63 min
Jun 19, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny64 min
Jun 19, 8:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton50 min
Jun 19, 8:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny3 hr
Jun 19, 9:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny48 min
Jun 20, 2:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney51 min
Jun 20, 2:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane40 min
Jun 20, 3:01 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney29 min
Jun 20, 7:48 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush42 min
Jun 20, 8:34 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush41 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.