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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 12, 2002Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2002, 6:39 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 2 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 12, 2002, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gray County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 12, 6:50 PM CDTHail 1Montezuma, KS
Aug 12, 6:56 PM CDTHail 1.75Montezuma, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 12, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 12:00Z on 2002-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 770 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 12:00Z on 2002-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 504 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
770 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-469 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
504 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
619 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

188 
WUUS53 KDDC 122339
SVRDDC
KSC069-130045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 639 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  MONTEZUMA AT 650 PM CDT
  THE HAGGARD ELEV AT 725 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS,
  WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR,

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LAT...LON 3776 10045 3762 10060 3749 10039 3749 10024
          3760 10020

BURGERT

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, 12:13 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, 6:51 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.