Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2002, 9:34 AM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 20, 2002, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2002, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 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), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 201434 SVRDDC KSC165-201515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 932 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1015 AM CDT * AT 932 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF RUSH CENTER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA CROSSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * AT 9AM A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HALF-DOLLAR SIZED HAIL 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LACROSSE. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED LA CROSSE AT 945 AM CDT TIMKEN AT 950 AM CDT BISON AT 955 AM CDT LORETTA AT 1010 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS, VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING, THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY. FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY LAT...LON 3867 9945 3845 9944 3846 9905 3868 9905 BERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.