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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 28, 2002Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2002, 9:30 PM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 28, 2002, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 28, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2002-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 530 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 2002-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
530 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

862 
WUUS53 KDDC 290230
SVRDDC
KSC187-290300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
930 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 930 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG BOW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL SOUTHERN STANTON COUNTY THROUGH 950 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR,


LAT...LON 3759 10193 3739 10195 3739 10156 3760 10155

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa81 min
Jul 28, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche44 min
Jul 28, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton46 min
Jul 28, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.