Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2002, 7:18 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 19, 2002, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:28 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Ashland, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 2528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 439 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
785 WUUS53 KDDC 200018 SVRDDC KSC025-200115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 717 PM CDT MON AUG 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 717 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SITKA...STATIONARY. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED SITKA AT 815 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 3713 9992 3701 9966 3714 9959 3731 9993 FINCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.