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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Wichita, KS

June 15, 2002Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2002, 1:45 PM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 15, 2002, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2002, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 1:51 PM CDTHail 1.75Lyons, KSNo damage estimates available, but damage to corn and wheat was considerable; approximately 30 to 35 percent. Area newspapers contributed to this report.
Jun 15, 1:57 PM CDTHail 0.75Lyons, 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2002-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 244 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2002-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KICT 151845
SVRICT
KSC159-151945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
145 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS EXTENDED THE

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.

* AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF LYONS...OR ABOUT 29 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
  NEAR LYONS AROUND 155 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
  VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

REPEATING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RICE
COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3851 9810 3846 9835 3823 9819 3828 9793

/OMITT

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 9:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell37 min
Jun 15, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton57 min
Jun 15, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell38 min
Jun 15, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice58 min
Jun 15, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell45 min
Jun 15, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth56 min
Jun 15, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno53 min
Jun 15, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson59 min
Jun 15, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno64 min
Jun 15, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice59 min
Jun 15, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey55 min
Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell69 min
Jun 15, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick73 min
Jun 15, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton83 min
Jun 15, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno58 min
Jun 15, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler78 min
Jun 15, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno39 min
Jun 15, 4:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTRice4 hr
Jun 15, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRice71 min
Jun 15, 4:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler6 hr
Jun 15, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick75 min
Jun 15, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson68 min
Jun 15, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno76 min
Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey63 min
Jun 15, 5:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTHarvey, Reno6 hr
Jun 15, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper56 min
Jun 15, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper53 min
Jun 15, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick4 hr
Jun 15, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman58 min
Jun 15, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper60 min
Jun 15, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner91 min

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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.