Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2002, 8:46 PM CDT for Edwards County, Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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 15, 2002, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2002, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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 15, 9:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 E | Bucklin, KS | Tree limbs broken. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 496 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 576 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 160146 SVRDDC KSC047-057-097-160230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 845 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 845 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WINDTHORST...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPEARVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED CENTERVIEW AT 920 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS, VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING, THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 3776 9979 3760 9969 3776 9917 3798 9930 BURGERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 50 min |
| May 15, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 59 min |
| May 15, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 55 min |
| May 15, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 41 min |
| May 15, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 43 min |
| May 15, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 14 min |
| May 15, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 47 min |
| May 15, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 39 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.