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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 282, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 15, 2002Pawnee County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2002, 6:57 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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 15, 2002, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pawnee County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 15, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2002-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1369 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 2002-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 361 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
1369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-340 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

892 
WUUS53 KDDC 152357
SVRDDC
KSC145-160100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
657 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM OVER PAWNEE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PAWNEE ROCK...STATIONARY.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL PAWNEE COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT

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

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 3823 9903 3834 9904 3833 9913 3822 9916

FINCH

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.