Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 27, 2002Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2002, 8:28 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 5 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: Jul 27, 2002, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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, 8:36 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Ellis, KS
Jul 27, 8:52 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 67 M	Hays, KS	Hail of unknown size also fell at this location, which broke out windows.
Jul 27, 9:03 PM CDT	Hail 1.5	Yocemento, KS
Jul 27, 9:15 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 M	Hays, KS
Jul 27, 9:20 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Hays, KS	A power pole was blown down which started a small fire in the back yard.

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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

919 
WUUS53 KDDC 280128
SVRDDC
KSC051-280215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
827 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 827 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANTONINO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  SCHOENCHEN AT 845 PM CDT
  ANTONINO AT 850 PM CDT
  YOCEMENTO AT 900 PM CDT
  HAYS AT 905 PM CDT
  
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS,
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR,

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 3881 9958 3870 9958 3870 9904 3912 9904
          3912 9957

BURKE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	45 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.