Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2002, 1:10 AM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 12, 2002, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2002, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 1:22 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ford, 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 8 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.
034 WUUS53 KDDC 120610 SVRDDC KSC057-120700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 109 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 109 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT DODGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED DODGE CITY THROUGH 130 AM CDT FORD AT 125 AM CDT KINGSDOWN AT 140 AM CDT BUCKLIN AT 145 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS, DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR, VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING, VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING, STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3790 9958 3789 10020 3748 10020 3748 9957 BURKE
The 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, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 41 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, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 66 min |
| Aug 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 54 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.