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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 1, 2002Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2002, 5:46 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 1, 2002, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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
Aug 1, 6:35 PM CDTHail 0.88Cullison, 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2002-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1216 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 2002-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
1216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

855 
WUUS53 KDDC 012246
SVRDDC
KSC151-012330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
546 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 546 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CULLISON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  CULLISON AT 550 PM CDT
  COATS AT 630 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES,
  WINDS OF 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 3766 9874 3769 9890 3759 9899 3748 9899
          3747 9883

BURGERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt52 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.