Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2002, 6:25 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 19, 2002, 6:25 PM MDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2002, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:45 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Edson, KS | Brief touchdown. No known 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 nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGLD 200025 TORGLD KSC181-200130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 625 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 730 PM MDT * AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SHERMAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF GOODLAND...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF TORNADOES IS... AFFECTING RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA. VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR DETECTED BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER NOW && LAT...LON 3942 10158 3930 10141 3927 10140 3953 10139 TABER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 60 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.