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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 20, 2002Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2002, 8:48 AM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 20, 2002, 8:48 AM CDT (13:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2002, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 9:00 AM CDTHail 1.25Alexander, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2002-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 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 2002-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 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 201348
SVRDDC
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
848 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 848 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF
  LA CROSSE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  HARGRAVE AT 855 AM CDT
  LA CROSSE AT 910 AM CDT
  BISON AT 930 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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 3860 9957 3839 9957 3840 9905 3866 9909

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott63 min
Jun 19, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny64 min
Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton50 min
Jun 19, 9:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny3 hr
Jun 19, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton41 min
Jun 19, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Kearny48 min
Jun 20, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney51 min
Jun 20, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane40 min
Jun 20, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney29 min
Jun 20, 9:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.