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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2002, 10:49 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 11, 2002, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2002, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scott County, KS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
701
WUUS53 KDDC 120349
SVRDDC
KSC171-120430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1048 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.
* AT 1048 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRIGSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM CDT.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES,
WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR,
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR SCOTT COUNTY.
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 3858 10080 3846 10097 3827 10081 3827 10069
3853 10069
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 59 min |
| Aug 12, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 66 min |
| Aug 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 54 min |
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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.