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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 13, 2002Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2002, 3:13 AM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 13, 2002, 3:13 AM CDT (08:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2002, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Finney County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.

682 
WUUS53 KDDC 130813
SVRDDC
KSC055-130845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
312 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 312 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF KALVESTA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  KALVESTA AT 320 AM CDT

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

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR FINNEY COUNTY.

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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 3824 10063 3803 10063 3804 10025 3824 10025

BURKE

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, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray30 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

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.