Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2002, 8:59 PM CDT for Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 23, 2002, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 23, 9:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Meade, 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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1332 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KDDC 240159
SVRDDC
KSC119-240300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
859 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 859 PM CDT...DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF MEADE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
MEADE STATE PARK AT 915 PM CDT
MEADE AT 935 PM CDT
FOWLER AT 955 PM CDT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES,
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 3702 10061 3701 10024 3728 10010 3746 10012
3747 10039
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 47 min |
| May 24, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 38 min |
| May 24, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 51 min |
| May 24, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 44 min |
| May 24, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 46 min |
| May 24, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 45 min |
| May 24, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 37 min |
| May 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 57 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.