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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 4, 2002Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2002, 7:32 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 4, 2002, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barber County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 8:15 PM CDTHail 0.75Lake City, KS
May 4, 8:15 PM CDTHail 1Lake City, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2002-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 458 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
390 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 050032
TORDDC
KSC007-050115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
731 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 731 PM CDT DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY ROTATING
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LAKE CITY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE...MOVING EAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  LAKE CITY AT 740 PM CDT
  MEDICINE LODGE AT 815 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ABANDON
MOBILE HOMES...WHICH OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO.

LAT...LON 3739 9897 3724 9895 3722 9846 3747 9846
          3747 9871

21

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt66 min
May 4, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber50 min
May 5, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane65 min
May 5, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis43 min
May 5, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego54 min
May 5, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess56 min
May 5, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis46 min
May 5, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego63 min
May 5, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego12 min
May 5, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego47 min
May 5, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis58 min
May 5, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray35 min
May 5, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman61 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis46 min
May 5, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman49 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.