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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 12, 2002Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gray County, KS

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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2002-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2080 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2002-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
2080 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
23.8

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The text

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

996 
WUUS53 KDDC 130045
SVRDDC
KSC069-130115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 744 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF THE HAGGARD ELEV...MOVING 
  SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,
  WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED.

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 3760 10023 3756 10039 3753 10055 3749 10062
          3749 10021

BURGERT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord57 min
Aug 12, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade40 min
Aug 12, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman56 min
Aug 12, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMeade51 min
Aug 12, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark60 min
Aug 12, 8:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCGray3 hr
Aug 12, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade60 min
Aug 12, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord66 min
Aug 12, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade61 min
Aug 12, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark28 min
Aug 12, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford67 min
Aug 12, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward47 min
Aug 12, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego61 min
Aug 13, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton26 min
Aug 13, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny36 min
Aug 13, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton33 min
Aug 13, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant25 min
Aug 13, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney41 min
Aug 13, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton45 min
Aug 13, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant44 min
Aug 13, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton38 min
Aug 13, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney32 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.