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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 12, 2002Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2002, 12:13 AM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 12, 2002, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2002, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ford County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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.

482 
WUUS53 KDDC 120513
SVRDDC
KSC057-120545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1214 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1213 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM OVER BUCKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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,

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY 
ISSUED FOR FORD COUNTY.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3767 9998 3748 9999 3747 9957 3766 9958

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, 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, 12:17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.