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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 11, 2002Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2002, 10:57 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 11, 2002, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2002, 11:35 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hodgeman County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 11, 11:00 PM CDTTornado F1Jetmore, KSA mobile home was completely demolished and there was heavy tree damage with the rapidly moving small tornado. Also, a heavy sign was bent over by the wind at this location (race track).

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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 25 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.

235 
WUUS53 KDDC 120357
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1056 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1135 PM CDT

* AT 1056 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM OVER HODGEMAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
  JETMORE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL HODGEMAN COUNTY AT 1110 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 PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3804 9998 3791 9999 3791 9958 3804 9959

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, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord43 min
Aug 11, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott41 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.