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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 289, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 16, 2002Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2002, 10:43 AM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 16, 2002, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2002, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2002-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2336 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 2002-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 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
2336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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.

947 
WUUS53 KDDC 161543
SVRDDC
KSC175-161630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1042 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1042 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF LIBERAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  HAYNE AT 1055 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES,
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,

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 3700 10103 3702 10070 3712 10067 3715 10093

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, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman59 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

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.