Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2002, 7:58 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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 26, 2002, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2002, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Norton County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Norton, KS | |
| May 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Norton, KS | Four inch diameter tree limbs broken. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGLD 270058 TORGLD KSC137-270200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 758 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMBRIDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF TORNADOES IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... NORTON AROUND 840 PM CDT ALMENA AROUND 845 PM CDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER NOW VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OF ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. && LAT...LON 4024 10005 4014 10024 3968 9985 3982 9959 BULLER
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.