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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 15, 2002Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2002, 8:31 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2002, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hodgeman County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 00:00Z, 1.5 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 2002-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3420 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3420 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

781 
WUUS53 KDDC 160131
SVRDDC
KSC083-160230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 830 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HANSTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  HANSTON AT 840 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS,
  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 3814 9957 3823 9960 3823 9986 3800 9961

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord61 min
Aug 15, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee60 min
Aug 15, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord47 min
Aug 16, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade51 min
Aug 16, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade45 min
Aug 16, 10:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.