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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 24, 2002Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2002, 12:30 AM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 24, 2002, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2002, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 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 23, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2002-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1873 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 2002-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
1873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

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

682 
WUUS53 KDDC 240530
SVRDDC
KSC171-240615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1228 AM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1228 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MODOC...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  SHALLOW WATER AT 1255 AM CDT
  GRIGSTON AT 115 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS,
  WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,



LAT...LON 3867 10111 3826 10109 3827 10068 3867 10070

15

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade46 min
Aug 23, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade48 min
Aug 23, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord54 min
Aug 24, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray49 min
Aug 24, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord57 min
Aug 24, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford51 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.