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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 19, 2002Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2002, 8:34 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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 19, 2002, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2002, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2002-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2528 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 00:00Z on 2002-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 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
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

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The text

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

131 
WUUS53 KDDC 200134
SVRDDC
KSC189-200230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
833 PM CDT MON AUG 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 833 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM OVER STEVENS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WOODS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL STEVENS COUNTY AT 850 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 3703 10111 3720 10125 3701 10149 3700 10122

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark57 min
Aug 19, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche57 min
Aug 19, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche45 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.