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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 2002Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2002, 3:49 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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
May 5, 2002, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2002, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 4:05 PM CDTHail 1.5Utica, 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
May 5, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2002-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 282 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 2002-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
282 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-438 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 052049
SVRDDC
KSC135-052145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
348 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 348 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UTICA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH
  OF ALAMOTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  UTICA AT 355 PM CDT
  ARNOLD AT 400 PM CDT
  RANSOM AT 410 PM CDT
  BROWNELL AT 425 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS,
  WIND UP TO 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 3861 10024 3846 10022 3857 9968 3869 9961
          3869 10023

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt66 min
May 4, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber43 min
May 4, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber50 min
May 5, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane65 min
May 5, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis43 min
May 5, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego54 min
May 5, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis46 min
May 5, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego63 min
May 5, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego12 min
May 5, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego47 min
May 5, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis58 min
May 5, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray35 min
May 5, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman61 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis46 min
May 5, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.