Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2002, 1:54 AM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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 13, 2002, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2002, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kearny County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2:00 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Lakin, 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
193 WUUS53 KDDC 130654 SVRDDC KSC093-130730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 155 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 230 AM CDT * AT 155 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKIN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LYDIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED LAKIN AT 205 AM CDT DEERFIELD AT 215 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS, WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR, LAT...LON 3824 10153 3785 10152 3786 10110 3823 10111 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Gray | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 66 min |
| Aug 12, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 61 min |
| Aug 12, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 32 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.