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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 15, 2002Finney County, Haskell County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2002, 4:13 PM CDT for Finney County, Haskell County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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
Jun 15, 2002, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2002, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Finney County, KS, Haskell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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
Jun 15, 4:27 PM CDTTornado F0Satanta, KSThis small tornado moved south/southeast but did no damage due to it's location over cropland.
Jun 15, 4:50 PM CDTHail 1.75Sublette, KS
Jun 15, 4:53 PM CDTHail 0.88Tice, 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
Jun 15, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 15, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2002-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 244 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 152113
TORDDC
KSC055-081-152145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
412 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY ROTATING
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  PLYMELL...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF SUBLETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  SATANTA AT 430 PM CDT
  SUBLETTE AT 435 PM CDT

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR FINNEY 
COUNTY.

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 3783 10108 3739 10106 3740 10067 3782 10069

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton50 min
Jun 14, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny45 min
Jun 15, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis28 min
Jun 15, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott38 min
Jun 15, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness46 min
Jun 15, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny55 min
Jun 15, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott61 min
Jun 15, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis62 min
Jun 15, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness60 min
Jun 15, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness57 min
Jun 15, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego61 min
Jun 15, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman21 min
Jun 15, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray61 min
Jun 15, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell28 min
Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray42 min
Jun 15, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton51 min
Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade49 min
Jun 15, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward48 min
Jun 15, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell29 min
Jun 15, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant47 min
Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton51 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton47 min
Jun 15, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens38 min
Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward64 min
Jun 15, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell44 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.