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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 2002Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2002, 7:57 PM CDT for Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. 3 reports 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
May 7, 2002, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 8:21 PM CDTHail 3Bucklin, KS
May 7, 8:25 PM CDTHail 1.25Mullinville, KS
May 7, 8:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Bucklin, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 2002-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 512 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2002-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
512 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 080057
SVRDDC
KSC057-097-080145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
756 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  MULLINVILLE AT 825 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS,
  WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR,
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR 
SOUTHEAST FORD COUNTY.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3754 9978 3747 9974 3748 9951 3739 9950
          3740 9934 3772 9932 3771 9953

REITER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards44 min
May 7, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Ford4 hr
May 7, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford31 min
May 7, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa45 min
May 7, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt50 min
May 7, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Kiowa38 min
May 7, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa53 min
May 7, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa49 min
May 7, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark31 min
May 7, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark29 min
May 7, 8:42 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyDDCPratt48 min
May 7, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Kiowa31 min
May 7, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford44 min
May 7, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa44 min
May 7, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt45 min
May 7, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt64 min
May 7, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa44 min
May 7, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa30 min
May 7, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt75 min

Nearby

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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.