Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2002, 10:25 PM CST for Wilson County, Woodson 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
- Mar 8, 2002, 10:25 PM CST (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2002, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Yates Center, 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, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 090425 SVRICT KSC205-207-090530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1025 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WOODSON COUNTY IN KANSAS WILSON COUNTY IN KANSAS * UNTIL 1130 PM CST. * AT 1022 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES EAST OF VIRGIL TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOWARD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOWARD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR YATES CENTER AROUND 1045 PM CST... NEAR FREDONIA AROUND 1050 PM CST... NEAR NEOSHO FALLS AROUND 1055 PM CST... NEAR NEODESHA AROUND 1105 PM CST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES... WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR... THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WOODSON AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CST. LAT...LON 3803 9594 3741 9595 3741 9554 3803 9553 /DARMOFAL NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 45 min |
| Mar 8, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Mar 8, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 56 min |
| Mar 8, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 30 min |
| Mar 8, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 57 min |
| Mar 8, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 68 min |
| Mar 8, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 75 min |
| Mar 8, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 72 min |
| Mar 8, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 9:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 81 min |
| Mar 8, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 64 min |
| Mar 8, 11:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 57 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.