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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 11, 2002Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2002, 10:47 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 7 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
Aug 11, 2002, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2002, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ford County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 11, 10:52 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EDodge City, KS
Aug 11, 10:55 PM CDTHail 1.5Dodge City, KS
Aug 11, 10:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 87 EDodge City, KS
Aug 11, 10:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 78 EDodge City, KSSix inch diameter tree limbs were blown down by the high wind.
Aug 11, 11:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 78 ESpearville, KSA two mile stretch of power poles were blown down (36 of them).
Aug 11, 11:25 PM CDTHail 0.75Dodge City, KS
Aug 11, 11:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EDodge City, 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 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 6 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 2002-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2276 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 2002-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
2276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

505 
WUUS53 KDDC 120347
SVRDDC
KSC057-120430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1046 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1046 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  WRIGHT AT 1055 PM CDT
  SPEARVILLE AT 1105 PM CDT
  FORD AT 1115 PM CDT
  KINGSDOWN AT 1125 PM CDT
  

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,
  DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING,

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE
AREA.

LAT...LON 3789 10017 3750 10019 3749 9959 3788 9960

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott61 min
Aug 11, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott41 min
Aug 11, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman38 min
Aug 11, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa42 min
Aug 11, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush48 min
Aug 12, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord32 min
Aug 12, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa43 min
Aug 12, 12:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman3 hr
Aug 12, 12:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman3 hr
Aug 12, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa59 min
Aug 12, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord50 min
Aug 12, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray66 min
Aug 12, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess54 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.