Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 8, 2002Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2002, 9:31 PM CST for Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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: Mar 8, 2002, 9:31 PM CST (03:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2002, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 44 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
Mar 8, 9:35 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 57 M	Troy, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 8, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 090331
SVRMCI
KSC043-090415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
930 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST

* AT 927 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HIAWATHA TO EVEREST TO NORTONVILLE...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   DENTON BY 935 PM CST.
   HIGHLAND BY 940 PM CST.
   WHITE CLOUD BY 945 PM CST.
   TROY BY 950 PM CST.

THE TOWNS OF LEONA AND SEVERANCE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3986 9535 3967 9532 3964 9507 3982 9496
          3990 9519 3999 9531

HUDSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 9:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	50 min
Mar 8, 9:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	62 min
Mar 8, 10:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	62 min
Mar 8, 11:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Miami	65 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.