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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 17, 2002Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2002, 6:16 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
Apr 17, 2002, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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
Apr 17, 6:20 PM CDTHail 0.88Pratt, KS
Apr 17, 6:22 PM CDTHail 0.88Belvidere, KS
Apr 17, 6:30 PM CDTHail 0.88Cullison, KS
Apr 17, 6:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Haviland, KSThe hail broke out windows and produced significant roof damage.
Apr 17, 6:47 PM CDTHail 1Pratt, KS
Apr 17, 7:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Iuka, 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
Apr 17, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2002-04-17Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 172316
SVRDDC
KSC097-151-180000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
615 PM CDT WED APR 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF CROFT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  HAVILAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  CULLISON AT 625 PM CDT
  SAWYER AT 630 PM CDT
  PRATT AT 640 PM CDT
  IUKA AT 645 PM CDT
  CAIRO AT 650 PM CDT
  PRESTON AT 655 PM CDT

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

FOR YOUR SAFETY SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. 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 3770 9908 3739 9907 3747 9901 3747 9877
          3748 9846 3781 9847 3781 9891 3772 9898

BURGERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche41 min
Apr 17, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa42 min
Apr 17, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche28 min
Apr 17, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards25 min
Apr 17, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.