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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 2002Clark County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2002, 8:44 PM CDT for Clark County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 7, 2002, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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 7, 8:45 PM CDTHail 1.75Minneola, 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 7, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2002-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 512 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2002-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
512 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 080144
TORDDC
KSC025-097-080215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
843 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 843 PM CDT DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY ROTATING
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CLARK COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  RURAL SOUTHWEST KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 915 PM CDT
  RURAL NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY THROUGH 905 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 3747 9976 3738 9963 3739 9934 3752 9937
          3746 9956

REITER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards44 min
May 7, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Ford4 hr
May 7, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford31 min
May 7, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa45 min
May 7, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt50 min
May 7, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa48 min
May 7, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Kiowa38 min
May 7, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa53 min
May 7, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa49 min
May 7, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark31 min
May 7, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark29 min
May 7, 8:42 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyDDCPratt48 min
May 7, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford44 min
May 7, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa44 min
May 7, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt45 min
May 7, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt64 min
May 7, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa44 min
May 7, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa30 min
May 7, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt75 min

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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.