Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2002, 7:30 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 27, 2002, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:22 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Rozel, KS | Four inch diameter tree limbs wer blown down. |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
147 WUUS53 KDDC 280030 SVRDDC KSC145-280115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 730 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 730 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED GARFIELD AT 735 PM CDT SANFORD AT 745 PM CDT FRIZELL AT 810 PM CDT ASH VALLEY AT 815 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES, WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR, 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 3814 9951 3803 9920 3820 9902 3833 9923 KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 77 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.