Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2002, 6:51 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ness County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 78 E | Ness City, KS | Four to six inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
418 WUUS53 KDDC 122351 SVRDDC KSC135-130045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 651 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 651 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NESS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED NESS CITY AT 715 PM CDT BAZINE AT 745 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS, 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. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3841 10009 3826 10008 3827 9963 3855 9960 BURGERT
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, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 66 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.