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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 11, 2002Grant County, Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2002, 1:14 AM CDT for Grant County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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 11, 2002, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2002, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 11, 1:23 AM CDTHail 0.75Ulysses, KS
May 11, 1:30 AM CDTHail 1Sublette, 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 11, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2002-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 110614
SVRDDC
KSC067-081-110700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
113 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 113 AM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RYUS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HUGOTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RYUS AT 120 AM CDT
  SUBLETTE AT 130 AM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS,
  WIND UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR,

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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 3739 10130 3740 10082 3772 10066 3772 10103

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray51 min
May 11, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade46 min
May 11, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman42 min
May 11, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee45 min
May 11, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee36 min
May 11, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee29 min
May 11, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford51 min
May 11, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards47 min
May 11, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa46 min
May 11, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade55 min
May 11, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford63 min
May 11, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford30 min
May 11, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade40 min
May 11, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford24 min
May 11, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt32 min
May 11, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford37 min
May 11, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford34 min
May 11, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade, Seward64 min
May 11, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt28 min
May 11, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa65 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.