Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 27, 2002Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2002, 3:49 PM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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: Apr 27, 2002, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2002, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Doniphan County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 27, 4:06 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61 E	Troy, KS	Roof blown off a metal machine shed. Two other metal sheds were destroyed and a barn and residence had roof damage.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 27, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 441 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 528 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 630 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

199 
WUUS53 KEAX 272049
SVRMCI
KSC043-272130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
348 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  QUARTERS...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR EVEREST...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  HIAWATHA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   DENTON...SEVERANCE BY 355 PM CDT.
   HIGHLAND BY 400 PM CDT.
   TROY...FANNING...SPARKS BY 405 PM CDT.
   WATHENA BY 415 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...
ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3965 9534 3964 9506 3982 9489 3987 9513
          3995 9531

HUDSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.