Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2002, 11:00 PM CDT for Barber County, Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 75 min. 6 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, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2002, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barber County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 11:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Wellsford, KS | |
| May 7, 11:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Sawyer, KS | |
| May 7, 11:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Sawyer, KS | |
| May 7, 11:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Isabel, KS | A house lost some trim due to high winds. |
| May 7, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Cunningham, KS | Occurred in the country. |
| May 8, 12:17 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | St Leo, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KDDC 080400
SVRDDC
KSC007-097-151-080515-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1100 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1100 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROFT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HAVILAND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
HOPEWELL AT 1105 PM CDT
SUN CITY AT 1115 PM CDT
BYERS AT 1125 PM CDT
COATS AT 1130 PM CDT
PRATT AT 1130 PM CDT
IUKA AT 1140 PM CDT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
DAMAGING HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS,
WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR,
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING,
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. FOR YOUR
SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS
QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 3753 9911 3738 9913 3738 9900 3733 9899
3733 9835 3780 9847 3780 9900 3759 9900
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 44 min |
| May 7, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford | 4 hr |
| May 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 31 min |
| May 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 45 min |
| May 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 50 min |
| May 7, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 7, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 38 min |
| May 7, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 53 min |
| May 7, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 49 min |
| May 7, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 31 min |
| May 7, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 29 min |
| May 7, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 48 min |
| May 7, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 7, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 44 min |
| May 7, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 44 min |
| May 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 45 min |
| May 7, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 64 min |
| May 7, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 44 min |
| May 7, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
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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.